#596C63#596C63

#596C63 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.027 H 165.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C63
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 99)
HSL	hsl(152, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(152, 18%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 8.3%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, -9.10, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 9.49, 163.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% -0.0259 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.027 165)
XYZ	xyz(11.7339, 13.7495, 13.8377)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C63 #6C5962

analogous

#596C59 #596C63 #596B6C

triadic

#596C63 #63596C #6C6359

tetradic

#596C63 #59596C #6C5962 #6B6C59

square

#596C63 #59596C #6C5962 #6B6C59

split-complementary

#596C63 #6C596B #6C5959

monochromatic

#222925 #3D4A44 #596C63 #758D82 #97A9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#596C63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#596C63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C63

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C63	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.027 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88968f',
    500: '#596c63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c63;
$custom-light: #88968f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.579,
    "s": 9.645,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51278,
    "c": 0.02682,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.1375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C63

secondary

#988990

accent

#7592B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C63

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

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