#596E68#596E68

#596E68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.027 H 176.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E68
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 104)
HSL	hsl(163, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(163, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 5.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, -9.14, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 9.17, 175.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% -0.0266 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.027 176)
XYZ	xyz(12.1938, 14.2748, 15.2069)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E68 #6E595F

analogous

#596E5E #596E68 #596A6E

triadic

#596E68 #68596E #6E6859

tetradic

#596E68 #5E596E #6E595F #6A6E59

square

#596E68 #5E596E #6E595F #6A6E59

split-complementary

#596E68 #6E596A #6E5E59

monochromatic

#222A28 #3E4C48 #596E68 #758F88 #97ABA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#596E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#596E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E68

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E68	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6B68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.027 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889793',
    500: '#596e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e68;
$custom-light: #889793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51923,
    "c": 0.02672,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.14275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E68

secondary

#99898E

accent

#7486B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E68

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

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