#596D72#596D72

#596D72 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.025 H 214.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D72
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 114)
HSL	hsl(192, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 22%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, -6.20, -5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 8.13, 220.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% -0.0207 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.025 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6249, 14.2756, 18.0066)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D72 #725E59

analogous

#59726B #596D72 #596172

triadic

#596D72 #72596D #6D7259

tetradic

#596D72 #6B5972 #725E59 #617259

square

#596D72 #6B5972 #725E59 #617259

split-complementary

#596D72 #725961 #726B59

monochromatic

#232B2D #3E4C50 #596D72 #758D93 #97AAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#596D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#596D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D72

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D72	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.025 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88969a',
    500: '#596d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d72;
$custom-light: #88969a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 12.315,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52025,
    "c": 0.02511,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D72

secondary

#9D8E8A

accent

#8073B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D72

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

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