#596D70#596D70

#596D70 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.024 H 207.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D70
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 112)
HSL	hsl(188, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, -6.69, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 7.87, 211.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% -0.0215 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.024 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5123, 14.2306, 17.4136)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D70 #705C59

analogous

#597068 #596D70 #596270

triadic

#596D70 #70596D #6D7059

tetradic

#596D70 #685970 #705C59 #627059

square

#596D70 #685970 #705C59 #627059

split-complementary

#596D70 #705962 #706859

monochromatic

#232B2C #3E4C4E #596D70 #758E91 #97AAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#596D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#596D70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D70

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D70	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.024 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889699',
    500: '#596d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d70;
$custom-light: #889699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 11.443,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51953,
    "c": 0.02431,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D70

secondary

#9B8C8A

accent

#7C73B4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D70

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

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