#596D6E#596D6E

#596D6E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.024 H 200.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D6E
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 110)
HSL	hsl(183, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, -7.17, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 7.78, 202.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% -0.0224 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.024 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4022, 14.1865, 16.8337)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D6E #6E5A59

analogous

#596E65 #596D6E #59636E

triadic

#596D6E #6E596D #6D6E59

tetradic

#596D6E #65596E #6E5A59 #636E59

square

#596D6E #65596E #6E5A59 #636E59

split-complementary

#596D6E #6E5963 #6E6559

monochromatic

#222A2A #3E4B4C #596D6E #758E8F #97AAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#596D6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#596D6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D6E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D6E	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66686E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#536F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.024 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889697',
    500: '#596d6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d6e;
$custom-light: #889697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51883,
    "c": 0.0239,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D6E

secondary

#998A89

accent

#7774B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D6E

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

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