#596C80#596C80

#596C80 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.039 H 249.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C80
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 128)
HSL	hsl(211, 18%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(211, 30%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, -2.03, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 13.54, 261.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% -0.0134 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.039 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3775, 14.4070, 22.4939)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C80 #806D59

analogous

#597F80 #596C80 #5A5980

triadic

#596C80 #80596C #6C8059

tetradic

#596C80 #80597F #806D59 #59805A

square

#596C80 #80597F #806D59 #59805A

split-complementary

#596C80 #805A59 #7F8059

monochromatic

#272F38 #404E5C #596C80 #768BA0 #9AA9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#596C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#596C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C80

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C80	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.039 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a4',
    500: '#596c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c80;
$custom-light: #8996a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 17.972,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52332,
    "c": 0.03907,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C80

secondary

#A79B8E

accent

#956DBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C80

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

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