#596C83#596C83

#596C83 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.043 H 253.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C83
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 131)
HSL	hsl(213, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(213, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, -1.22, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 15.06, 265.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% -0.0123 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.043 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5779, 14.4871, 23.5492)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C83 #837059

analogous

#598183 #596C83 #5B5983

triadic

#596C83 #83596C #6C8359

tetradic

#596C83 #835981 #837059 #59835B

square

#596C83 #835981 #837059 #59835B

split-complementary

#596C83 #835B59 #818359

monochromatic

#27303A #404E5F #596C83 #778BA2 #9BAABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#596C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#596C83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C83

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C83	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.043 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a7',
    500: '#596c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c83;
$custom-light: #8996a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.857,
    "s": 19.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52458,
    "c": 0.04304,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C83

secondary

#A99D8F

accent

#986CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C83

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

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