#596D64#596D64

#596D64 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.028 H 166.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D64
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 100)
HSL	hsl(153, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(153, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 8.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, -9.46, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 9.79, 164.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% -0.027 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.028 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8881, 13.9809, 14.1264)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D64 #6D5962

analogous

#596D5A #596D64 #596C6D

triadic

#596D64 #64596D #6D6459

tetradic

#596D64 #5A596D #6D5962 #6C6D59

square

#596D64 #5A596D #6D5962 #6C6D59

split-complementary

#596D64 #6D596C #6D5A59

monochromatic

#222A26 #3D4B45 #596D64 #758E83 #97AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#596D64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#596D64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D64

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D64	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.028 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889690',
    500: '#596d64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d64;
$custom-light: #889690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51553,
    "c": 0.02777,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D64

secondary

#998990

accent

#7591B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D64

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

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