#596D73#596D73

#596D73 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.026 H 217.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D73
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 115)
HSL	hsl(194, 13%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 23%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, -5.96, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 8.32, 224.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.06% -0.0202 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(52.06% 0.026 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6821, 14.2985, 18.3080)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D73 #735F59

analogous

#59736C #596D73 #596073

triadic

#596D73 #73596D #6D7359

tetradic

#596D73 #6C5973 #735F59 #607359

square

#596D73 #6C5973 #735F59 #607359

split-complementary

#596D73 #735960 #736C59

monochromatic

#242C2E #3E4C50 #596D73 #758D94 #98AAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#596D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#596D73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D73

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D73	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#516F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.026 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88969b',
    500: '#596d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d73;
$custom-light: #88969b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52061,
    "c": 0.02565,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D73

secondary

#9D8F8A

accent

#8272B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D73

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

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