#596E69#596E69

#596E69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.026 H 179.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E69
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 105)
HSL	hsl(166, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, -8.91, 0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 8.91, 178.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% -0.0262 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.026 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2449, 14.2953, 15.4760)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E69 #6E595E

analogous

#596E5F #596E69 #59696E

triadic

#596E69 #69596E #6E6959

tetradic

#596E69 #5F596E #6E595E #696E59

square

#596E69 #5F596E #6E595E #696E59

split-complementary

#596E69 #6E5969 #6E5F59

monochromatic

#222A28 #3E4C49 #596E69 #758F89 #97ABA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#596E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#596E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E69

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E69	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.026 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889793',
    500: '#596e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e69;
$custom-light: #889793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51956,
    "c": 0.02619,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E69

secondary

#99898D

accent

#7483B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E69

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

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