#596E65#596E65

#596E65 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.029 H 167.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E65
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 101)
HSL	hsl(154, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(154, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, -9.81, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 10.11, 166.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% -0.028 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.029 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0441, 14.2150, 14.4186)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E65 #6E5962

analogous

#596E5B #596E65 #596D6E

triadic

#596E65 #65596E #6E6559

tetradic

#596E65 #5B596E #6E5962 #6D6E59

square

#596E65 #5B596E #6E5962 #6D6E59

split-complementary

#596E65 #6E596D #6E5B59

monochromatic

#222A27 #3E4C46 #596E65 #758F84 #97ABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#596E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#596E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E65

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E65	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6B65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.029 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889790',
    500: '#596e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e65;
$custom-light: #889790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51828,
    "c": 0.02873,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E65

secondary

#998990

accent

#748FB3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E65

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

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