#596D78#596D78

#596D78 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.030 H 232.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D78
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 120)
HSL	hsl(201, 15%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(201, 26%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, -4.71, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 9.77, 241.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% -0.0181 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.03 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9777, 14.4167, 19.8646)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D78 #786459

analogous

#597873 #596D78 #595D78

triadic

#596D78 #78596D #6D7859

tetradic

#596D78 #735978 #786459 #5D7859

square

#596D78 #735978 #786459 #5D7859

split-complementary

#596D78 #78595D #787359

monochromatic

#252D32 #3F4D55 #596D78 #758C99 #98AAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#596D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#596D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D78

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D78	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#507070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.030 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88969f',
    500: '#596d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d78;
$custom-light: #88969f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 14.833,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52248,
    "c": 0.02952,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D78

secondary

#A1938C

accent

#8A70B8

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D78

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

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