#596C69#596C69

#596C69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.023 H 184.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C69
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 105)
HSL	hsl(171, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 18%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, -7.76, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 7.79, 185.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% -0.0231 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.023 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0315, 13.8686, 15.4049)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C69 #6C595C

analogous

#596C5F #596C69 #59656C

triadic

#596C69 #69596C #6C6959

tetradic

#596C69 #5F596C #6C595C #656C59

square

#596C69 #5F596C #6C595C #656C59

split-complementary

#596C69 #6C5965 #6C5F59

monochromatic

#222928 #3D4A48 #596C69 #758D89 #97A9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#596C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#596C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C69

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C69	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.023 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889693',
    500: '#596c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c69;
$custom-light: #889693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 9.645,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51472,
    "c": 0.02323,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C69

secondary

#98898B

accent

#757FB3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F1

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C69

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

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