#596D69#596D69

#596D69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.025 H 181.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D69
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 105)
HSL	hsl(168, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(168, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 3.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, -8.33, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 8.34, 181.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% -0.0247 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.025 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1376, 14.0807, 15.4402)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D69 #6D595D

analogous

#596D5F #596D69 #59676D

triadic

#596D69 #69596D #6D6959

tetradic

#596D69 #5F596D #6D595D #676D59

square

#596D69 #5F596D #6D595D #676D59

split-complementary

#596D69 #6D5967 #6D5F59

monochromatic

#222A28 #3D4B49 #596D69 #758E89 #97AAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#596D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#596D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D69

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D69	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.025 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889693',
    500: '#596d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d69;
$custom-light: #889693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51713,
    "c": 0.02468,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D69

secondary

#99898C

accent

#7581B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D69

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

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