#596D84#596D84

#596D84 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.044 H 252.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D84
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 132)
HSL	hsl(212, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(212, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.26, -1.55, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.26, 15.18, 264.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% -0.0133 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.044 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7521, 14.7265, 23.9432)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D84 #847059

analogous

#598284 #596D84 #5A5984

triadic

#596D84 #84596D #6D8459

tetradic

#596D84 #845982 #847059 #59845A

square

#596D84 #845982 #847059 #59845A

split-complementary

#596D84 #845A59 #828459

monochromatic

#28313B #404F5F #596D84 #778CA3 #9BABBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#596D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#596D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D84

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D84	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.044 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a7',
    500: '#596d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d84;
$custom-light: #8996a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.093,
    "s": 19.457,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52733,
    "c": 0.0436,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D84

secondary

#AA9D8F

accent

#976CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D84

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

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