#596D6A#596D6A

#596D6A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.024 H 185.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D6A
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 106)
HSL	hsl(171, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.38, -8.11, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.38, 8.14, 185.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% -0.0242 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.024 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1893, 14.1014, 15.7125)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D6A #6D595C

analogous

#596D60 #596D6A #59666D

triadic

#596D6A #6A596D #6D6A59

tetradic

#596D6A #60596D #6D595C #666D59

square

#596D6A #60596D #6D595C #666D59

split-complementary

#596D6A #6D5966 #6D6059

monochromatic

#222A28 #3D4B49 #596D6A #758E8A #97AAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#596D6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#596D6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D6A

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D6A	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)

#6B6B6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67686A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.024 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889694',
    500: '#596d6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d6a;
$custom-light: #889694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51747,
    "c": 0.02433,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D6A

secondary

#99898B

accent

#757EB3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D6A

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

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