#596C81#596C81

#596C81 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.040 H 251.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C81
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 129)
HSL	hsl(212, 18%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(212, 31%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 16.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, -1.76, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 14.04, 262.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% -0.013 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.04 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4437, 14.4334, 22.8422)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C81 #816E59

analogous

#598081 #596C81 #5A5981

triadic

#596C81 #81596C #6C8159

tetradic

#596C81 #815980 #816E59 #59815A

square

#596C81 #815980 #816E59 #59815A

split-complementary

#596C81 #815A59 #808159

monochromatic

#272F39 #404E5D #596C81 #768BA1 #9BA9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#596C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C81

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C81	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.040 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a5',
    500: '#596c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c81;
$custom-light: #8996a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.5,
    "s": 18.349,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52374,
    "c": 0.04037,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C81

secondary

#A89C8E

accent

#966DBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C81

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

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