#596C82#596C82

#596C82 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.042 H 252.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C82
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 130)
HSL	hsl(212, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(212, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 16.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, -1.49, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 14.55, 264.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% -0.0126 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.042 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5105, 14.4601, 23.1940)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C82 #826F59

analogous

#598082 #596C82 #5B5982

triadic

#596C82 #82596C #6C8259

tetradic

#596C82 #825980 #826F59 #59825B

square

#596C82 #825980 #826F59 #59825B

split-complementary

#596C82 #825B59 #808259

monochromatic

#273039 #404E5E #596C82 #778BA2 #9BAABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#596C82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596C82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C82

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C82	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)

#646D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.042 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a6',
    500: '#596c82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c82;
$custom-light: #8996a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.195,
    "s": 18.721,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52415,
    "c": 0.0417,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C82

secondary

#A89C8E

accent

#976CBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C82

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

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