#596D75#596D75

#596D75 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.027 H 224.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D75
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 117)
HSL	hsl(197, 14%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(197, 24%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, -5.46, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 8.81, 231.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% -0.0194 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.027 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7984, 14.3450, 18.9207)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D75 #756159

analogous

#59756F #596D75 #595F75

triadic

#596D75 #75596D #6D7559

tetradic

#596D75 #6F5975 #756159 #5F7559

square

#596D75 #6F5975 #756159 #5F7559

split-complementary

#596D75 #75595F #756F59

monochromatic

#242C2F #3F4D52 #596D75 #758D96 #98A9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#596D75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#596D75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D75

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D75	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.027 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88969c',
    500: '#596d75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d75;
$custom-light: #88969c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52135,
    "c": 0.02699,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D75

secondary

#9F918B

accent

#8571B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D75

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

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