#596D71#596D71

#596D71 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.025 H 211.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D71
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 113)
HSL	hsl(190, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, -6.45, -4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 7.98, 216.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% -0.0211 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.025 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5683, 14.2530, 17.7085)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D71 #715D59

analogous

#597169 #596D71 #596171

triadic

#596D71 #71596D #6D7159

tetradic

#596D71 #695971 #715D59 #617159

square

#596D71 #695971 #715D59 #617159

split-complementary

#596D71 #715961 #716959

monochromatic

#232B2D #3E4C4F #596D71 #758D92 #97AAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#596D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#596D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D71

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D71	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.025 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889699',
    500: '#596d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d71;
$custom-light: #889699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51989,
    "c": 0.02466,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D71

secondary

#9C8D8A

accent

#7E73B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D71

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

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