#596C71#596C71

#596C71 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.024 H 215.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C71
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 113)
HSL	hsl(193, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, -5.86, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 7.80, 221.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% -0.0196 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.024 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4622, 14.0408, 17.6731)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C71 #715E59

analogous

#59716A #596C71 #596071

triadic

#596C71 #71596C #6C7159

tetradic

#596C71 #6A5971 #715E59 #607159

square

#596C71 #6A5971 #715E59 #607159

split-complementary

#596C71 #715960 #716A59

monochromatic

#232B2D #3E4B4F #596C71 #758C92 #97A9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#596C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#596C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C71

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C71	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.024 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889699',
    500: '#596c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c71;
$custom-light: #889699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5175,
    "c": 0.02407,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C71

secondary

#9C8E8A

accent

#8173B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C71

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

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