#596D74#596D74

#596D74 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.026 H 221.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D74
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 116)
HSL	hsl(196, 13%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 23%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, -5.71, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 8.55, 228.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% -0.0198 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.026 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7400, 14.3216, 18.6127)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D74 #746059

analogous

#59746E #596D74 #595F74

triadic

#596D74 #74596D #6D7459

tetradic

#596D74 #6E5974 #746059 #5F7459

square

#596D74 #6E5974 #746059 #5F7459

split-complementary

#596D74 #74595F #746E59

monochromatic

#242C2F #3E4C51 #596D74 #758D95 #98A9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#596D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#596D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D74

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D74	1.00	5.43	3.86	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#516F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.026 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88969c',
    500: '#596d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d74;
$custom-light: #88969c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 13.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52098,
    "c": 0.02628,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D74

secondary

#9E908B

accent

#8372B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D74

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

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