#596D7A#596D7A

#596D7A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.032 H 236.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D7A
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 122)
HSL	hsl(204, 16%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(204, 27%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 10.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, -4.20, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 10.53, 246.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% -0.0173 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.032 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1003, 14.4658, 20.5105)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D7A #7A6659

analogous

#597A77 #596D7A #595D7A

triadic

#596D7A #7A596D #6D7A59

tetradic

#596D7A #77597A #7A6659 #5D7A59

square

#596D7A #77597A #7A6659 #5D7A59

split-complementary

#596D7A #7A595D #7A7759

monochromatic

#252E33 #3F4D57 #596D7A #768C9B #99AAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#596D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D7A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D7A	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63697A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F7071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.032 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8896a0',
    500: '#596d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d7a;
$custom-light: #8896a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 15.64,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52326,
    "c": 0.03151,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D7A

secondary

#A3958C

accent

#8C6FB8

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D7A

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

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