#596D6C#596D6C

#596D6C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.024 H 192.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D6C
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 108)
HSL	hsl(177, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 0.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, -7.64, -1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 7.88, 194.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% -0.0233 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.024 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2945, 14.1435, 16.2666)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D6C #6D595A

analogous

#596D62 #596D6C #59646D

triadic

#596D6C #6C596D #6D6C59

tetradic

#596D6C #62596D #6D595A #646D59

square

#596D6C #62596D #6D595A #646D59

split-complementary

#596D6C #6D5964 #6D6259

monochromatic

#222A29 #3D4B4B #596D6C #758E8D #97AAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#596D6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#596D6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D6C

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D6C	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66686C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#536E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.024 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889696',
    500: '#596d6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d6c;
$custom-light: #889696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51814,
    "c": 0.0239,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D6C

secondary

#99898A

accent

#7578B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D6C

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

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