#596D85#596D85

#596D85 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.045 H 253.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D85
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 133)
HSL	hsl(213, 20%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(213, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 18%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, -1.28, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 15.69, 265.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% -0.013 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.045 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8208, 14.7540, 24.3053)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D85 #857159

analogous

#598385 #596D85 #5B5985

triadic

#596D85 #85596D #6D8559

tetradic

#596D85 #855983 #857159 #59855B

square

#596D85 #855983 #857159 #59855B

split-complementary

#596D85 #855B59 #838559

monochromatic

#28313C #404F60 #596D85 #778CA4 #9CABBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#596D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#596D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D85

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D85	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)

#646E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.045 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996a8',
    500: '#596d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d85;
$custom-light: #8996a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 19.82,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52775,
    "c": 0.04493,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D85

secondary

#AB9E8F

accent

#986BBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D85

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

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