#596D63#596D63

#596D63 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.029 H 163.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D63
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 99)
HSL	hsl(150, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(150, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 9.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, -9.67, 3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 10.16, 162.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% -0.0274 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.029 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8400, 13.9617, 13.8730)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D63 #6D5963

analogous

#596D59 #596D63 #596D6D

triadic

#596D63 #63596D #6D6359

tetradic

#596D63 #59596D #6D5963 #6D6D59

square

#596D63 #59596D #6D5963 #6D6D59

split-complementary

#596D63 #6D596D #6D5959

monochromatic

#222A26 #3D4B44 #596D63 #758E82 #97AAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#596D63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#596D63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D63

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D63	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6A63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.029 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88968f',
    500: '#596d63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d63;
$custom-light: #88968f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51521,
    "c": 0.0286,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D63

secondary

#998991

accent

#7594B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D63

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

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