#596B83#596B83

#596B83 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.044 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B83
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 131)
HSL	hsl(214, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(214, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, -0.63, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 15.47, 267.68°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% -0.0108 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.044 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4730, 14.2774, 23.5143)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B83 #837159

analogous

#598083 #596B83 #5C5983

triadic

#596B83 #83596B #6B8359

tetradic

#596B83 #835980 #837159 #59835C

square

#596B83 #835980 #837159 #59835C

split-complementary

#596B83 #835C59 #808359

monochromatic

#272F3A #404D5F #596B83 #7789A2 #9BA9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#596B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#596B83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B83

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B83	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.044 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995a7',
    500: '#596b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b83;
$custom-light: #8995a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 19.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52226,
    "c": 0.04387,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B83

secondary

#A99E8F

accent

#9A6CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B83

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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