#596D7D#596D7D

#596D7D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.035 H 242.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D7D
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 125)
HSL	hsl(207, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(207, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, -3.42, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 11.81, 253.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% -0.0161 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.035 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2891, 14.5413, 21.5046)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D7D #7D6959

analogous

#597D7B #596D7D #595B7D

triadic

#596D7D #7D596D #6D7D59

tetradic

#596D7D #7B597D #7D6959 #5B7D59

square

#596D7D #7B597D #7D6959 #5B7D59

split-complementary

#596D7D #7D595B #7D7B59

monochromatic

#262F36 #404E59 #596D7D #768C9D #9AAAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#596D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#596D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D7D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D7D	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62697D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.035 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8896a2',
    500: '#596d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d7d;
$custom-light: #8896a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 16.822,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52444,
    "c": 0.03482,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D7D

secondary

#A5988D

accent

#906EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D7D

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

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