#596D82#596D82

#596D82 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.041 H 249.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D82
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 130)
HSL	hsl(211, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(211, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, -2.09, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 14.17, 261.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% -0.0141 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.041 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6165, 14.6723, 23.2293)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D82 #826E59

analogous

#598182 #596D82 #5A5982

triadic

#596D82 #82596D #6D8259

tetradic

#596D82 #825981 #826E59 #59825A

square

#596D82 #825981 #826E59 #59825A

split-complementary

#596D82 #825A59 #818259

monochromatic

#273039 #404F5E #596D82 #778CA2 #9BAABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#596D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#596D82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D82

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D82	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.041 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a6',
    500: '#596d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d82;
$custom-light: #8996a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.732,
    "s": 18.721,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52648,
    "c": 0.04097,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D82

secondary

#A89C8E

accent

#956CBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D82

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

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