#596D68#596D68

#596D68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.025 H 178.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D68
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 104)
HSL	hsl(165, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 4.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, -8.56, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 8.57, 177.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% -0.0251 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.025 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0865, 14.0603, 15.1711)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D68 #6D595E

analogous

#596D5E #596D68 #59686D

triadic

#596D68 #68596D #6D6859

tetradic

#596D68 #5E596D #6D595E #686D59

square

#596D68 #5E596D #6D595E #686D59

split-complementary

#596D68 #6D5968 #6D5E59

monochromatic

#222A28 #3D4B48 #596D68 #758E88 #97AAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#596D68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#596D68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D68

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D68	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.025 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889693',
    500: '#596d68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d68;
$custom-light: #889693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51681,
    "c": 0.02514,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D68

secondary

#99898D

accent

#7584B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D68

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

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