#596D83#596D83

#596D83 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.042 H 251.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D83
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 131)
HSL	hsl(211, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(211, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, -1.82, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 14.67, 262.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% -0.0137 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.042 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6840, 14.6992, 23.5846)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D83 #836F59

analogous

#598283 #596D83 #5A5983

triadic

#596D83 #83596D #6D8359

tetradic

#596D83 #835982 #836F59 #59835A

square

#596D83 #835982 #836F59 #59835A

split-complementary

#596D83 #835A59 #828359

monochromatic

#27303A #404F5F #596D83 #778CA2 #9BAABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#596D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#596D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D83

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D83	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.042 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a7',
    500: '#596d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d83;
$custom-light: #8996a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 19.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5269,
    "c": 0.04228,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D83

secondary

#A99D8F

accent

#966CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D83

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

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