#596D79#596D79

#596D79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.030 H 234.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D79
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(203, 15%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(203, 26%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, -4.45, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 10.14, 243.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% -0.0177 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.03 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.0387, 14.4411, 20.1859)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D79 #796559

analogous

#597975 #596D79 #595D79

triadic

#596D79 #79596D #6D7959

tetradic

#596D79 #755979 #796559 #5D7959

square

#596D79 #755979 #796559 #5D7959

split-complementary

#596D79 #79595D #797559

monochromatic

#252D32 #3F4D56 #596D79 #758C9A #99AAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#596D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D79

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D79	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#507071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.030 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88969f',
    500: '#596d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d79;
$custom-light: #88969f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 15.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52287,
    "c": 0.03049,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D79

secondary

#A2948C

accent

#8B70B8

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D79

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

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