#596D7E#596D7E

#596D7E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.036 H 244.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D7E
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 126)
HSL	hsl(208, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(208, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, -3.16, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 12.26, 255.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% -0.0157 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.036 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3533, 14.5670, 21.8427)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D7E #7E6A59

analogous

#597E7D #596D7E #595B7E

triadic

#596D7E #7E596D #6D7E59

tetradic

#596D7E #7D597E #7E6A59 #5B7E59

square

#596D7E #7D597E #7E6A59 #5B7E59

split-complementary

#596D7E #7E595B #7E7D59

monochromatic

#262F36 #404E5A #596D7E #768C9E #9AAAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#596D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#596D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D7E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D7E	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)

#666D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61697E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.036 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a3',
    500: '#596d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d7e;
$custom-light: #8996a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.568,
    "s": 17.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52484,
    "c": 0.03599,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D7E

secondary

#A6988D

accent

#916EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D7E

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

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