#596E64#596E64

#596E64 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.030 H 164.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E64
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 100)
HSL	hsl(151, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(151, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 9.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, -10.03, 3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 10.47, 163.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% -0.0285 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.03 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9954, 14.1955, 14.1621)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E64 #6E5963

analogous

#596E5A #596E64 #596E6E

triadic

#596E64 #64596E #6E6459

tetradic

#596E64 #5A596E #6E5963 #6E6E59

square

#596E64 #5A596E #6E5963 #6E6E59

split-complementary

#596E64 #6E596E #6E5A59

monochromatic

#222A26 #3E4C45 #596E64 #758F83 #97ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#596E64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#596E64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E64

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E64	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6B64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.030 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889790',
    500: '#596e64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e64;
$custom-light: #889790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.429,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51796,
    "c": 0.02953,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E64

secondary

#998991

accent

#7492B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E64

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

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