#596D80#596D80

#596D80 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.038 H 247.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D80
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 128)
HSL	hsl(209, 18%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(209, 30%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, -2.63, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 13.20, 258.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% -0.0149 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.038 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4836, 14.6191, 22.5292)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D80 #806C59

analogous

#59807F #596D80 #595A80

triadic

#596D80 #80596D #6D8059

tetradic

#596D80 #7F5980 #806C59 #5A8059

square

#596D80 #7F5980 #806C59 #5A8059

split-complementary

#596D80 #80595A #807F59

monochromatic

#273038 #404E5C #596D80 #768CA0 #9AAAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#596D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#596D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D80

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D80	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.038 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a4',
    500: '#596d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d80;
$custom-light: #8996a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 17.972,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52566,
    "c": 0.03844,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D80

secondary

#A79A8E

accent

#936DBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D80

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

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