#596E66#596E66

#596E66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.028 H 170.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E66
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(157, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(157, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, -9.59, 1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 9.77, 168.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% -0.0276 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.028 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0934, 14.2347, 14.6782)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E66 #6E5961

analogous

#596E5C #596E66 #596C6E

triadic

#596E66 #66596E #6E6659

tetradic

#596E66 #5C596E #6E5961 #6C6E59

square

#596E66 #5C596E #6E5961 #6C6E59

split-complementary

#596E66 #6E596C #6E5C59

monochromatic

#222A27 #3E4C47 #596E66 #758F85 #97ABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#596E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#596E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E66

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E66	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6B66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.028 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889791',
    500: '#596e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e66;
$custom-light: #889791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.143,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51859,
    "c": 0.02799,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E66

secondary

#99898F

accent

#748CB3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E66

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

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