#596D66#596D66

#596D66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.026 H 172.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D66
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 102)
HSL	hsl(159, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(159, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, -9.01, 1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 9.13, 170.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% -0.026 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.026 172)
XYZ	xyz(11.9861, 14.0201, 14.6424)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D66 #6D5960

analogous

#596D5C #596D66 #596A6D

triadic

#596D66 #66596D #6D6659

tetradic

#596D66 #5C596D #6D5960 #6A6D59

square

#596D66 #5C596D #6D5960 #6A6D59

split-complementary

#596D66 #6D596A #6D5C59

monochromatic

#222A27 #3D4B46 #596D66 #758E85 #97AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#596D66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#596D66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D66

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D66	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6A66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.026 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889691',
    500: '#596d66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d66;
$custom-light: #889691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51616,
    "c": 0.02631,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.1402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D66

secondary

#99898F

accent

#758BB3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D66

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

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