#596C68#596C68

#596C68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.024 H 181.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C68
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 104)
HSL	hsl(167, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 18%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 3.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, -7.99, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 7.99, 180.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% -0.0236 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.024 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9804, 13.8481, 15.1358)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C68 #6C595D

analogous

#596C5E #596C68 #59666C

triadic

#596C68 #68596C #6C6859

tetradic

#596C68 #5E596C #6C595D #666C59

square

#596C68 #5E596C #6C595D #666C59

split-complementary

#596C68 #6C5966 #6C5E59

monochromatic

#222927 #3D4A48 #596C68 #758D88 #97A9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#596C68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#596C68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C68

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C68	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.024 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889693',
    500: '#596c68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c68;
$custom-light: #889693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.368,
    "s": 9.645,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51438,
    "c": 0.02361,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C68

secondary

#98898C

accent

#7582B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F1

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C68

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

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