#596C84#596C84

#596C84 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.044 H 254.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C84
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 132)
HSL	hsl(213, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(213, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, -0.95, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 15.58, 266.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% -0.0119 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.044 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6460, 14.5143, 23.9079)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C84 #847159

analogous

#598184 #596C84 #5B5984

triadic

#596C84 #84596C #6C8459

tetradic

#596C84 #845981 #847159 #59845B

square

#596C84 #845981 #847159 #59845B

split-complementary

#596C84 #845B59 #818459

monochromatic

#28303B #404E5F #596C84 #778BA3 #9BAABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#596C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#596C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C84

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C84	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636D85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.044 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a7',
    500: '#596c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c84;
$custom-light: #8996a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.488,
    "s": 19.457,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.525,
    "c": 0.04439,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C84

secondary

#AA9E8F

accent

#996CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C84

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

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