#596C70#596C70

#596C70 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.024 H 211.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C70
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 112)
HSL	hsl(190, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, -6.11, -4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 7.64, 216.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% -0.02 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.024 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4062, 14.0184, 17.3783)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C70 #705D59

analogous

#597069 #596C70 #596170

triadic

#596C70 #70596C #6C7059

tetradic

#596C70 #695970 #705D59 #617059

square

#596C70 #695970 #705D59 #617059

split-complementary

#596C70 #705961 #706959

monochromatic

#232A2C #3E4B4E #596C70 #758C91 #97A9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#596C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#596C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C70

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C70	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.024 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889699',
    500: '#596c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c70;
$custom-light: #889699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 11.443,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51714,
    "c": 0.02359,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C70

secondary

#9B8D8A

accent

#7F73B4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C70

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

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