#596C85#596C85

#596C85 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.046 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C85
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 133)
HSL	hsl(214, 20%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(214, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, -0.68, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 16.11, 267.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% -0.0115 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.046 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7148, 14.5419, 24.2700)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C85 #857259

analogous

#598285 #596C85 #5C5985

triadic

#596C85 #85596C #6C8559

tetradic

#596C85 #855982 #857259 #59855C

square

#596C85 #855982 #857259 #59855C

split-complementary

#596C85 #855C59 #828559

monochromatic

#28303C #404E60 #596C85 #778BA4 #9CAABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#596C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#596C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C85

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C85	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.046 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a8',
    500: '#596c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c85;
$custom-light: #8996a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.091,
    "s": 19.82,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52543,
    "c": 0.04576,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C85

secondary

#AB9F8F

accent

#996BBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C85

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

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