#596D65#596D65

#596D65 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.027 H 169.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D65
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 101)
HSL	hsl(156, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(156, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 7.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, -9.24, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 9.45, 167.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% -0.0265 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.027 169)
XYZ	xyz(11.9368, 14.0004, 14.3828)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D65 #6D5961

analogous

#596D5B #596D65 #596B6D

triadic

#596D65 #65596D #6D6559

tetradic

#596D65 #5B596D #6D5961 #6B6D59

square

#596D65 #5B596D #6D5961 #6B6D59

split-complementary

#596D65 #6D596B #6D5B59

monochromatic

#222A27 #3D4B46 #596D65 #758E84 #97AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#596D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#596D65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D65

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D65	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)

#6C6A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.027 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889690',
    500: '#596d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d65;
$custom-light: #889690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51584,
    "c": 0.027,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.14001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D65

secondary

#99898F

accent

#758EB3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D65

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

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