#596B84#596B84

#596B84 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.045 H 256.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B84
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 132)
HSL	hsl(215, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(215, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, -0.35, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 16.01, 268.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% -0.0104 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.045 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5411, 14.3046, 23.8729)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B84 #847259

analogous

#598084 #596B84 #5C5984

triadic

#596B84 #84596B #6B8459

tetradic

#596B84 #845980 #847259 #59845C

square

#596B84 #845980 #847259 #59845C

split-complementary

#596B84 #845C59 #808459

monochromatic

#28303B #404D5F #596B84 #7789A3 #9BA9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#596B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#596B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B84

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B84	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.045 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995a7',
    500: '#596b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b84;
$custom-light: #8995a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.884,
    "s": 19.457,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52269,
    "c": 0.04525,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B84

secondary

#AA9F8F

accent

#9A6CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B84

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

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