#596E6A#596E6A

#596E6A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.026 H 182.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E6A
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 106)
HSL	hsl(169, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, -8.68, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 8.69, 182.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% -0.0257 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.026 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2966, 14.3159, 15.7482)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E6A #6E595D

analogous

#596E60 #596E6A #59686E

triadic

#596E6A #6A596E #6E6A59

tetradic

#596E6A #60596E #6E595D #686E59

square

#596E6A #60596E #6E595D #686E59

split-complementary

#596E6A #6E5968 #6E6059

monochromatic

#222A29 #3E4C49 #596E6A #758F8A #97ABA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#596E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#596E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E6A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E6A	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)

#6C6B6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68686A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.026 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889794',
    500: '#596e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e6a;
$custom-light: #889794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51989,
    "c": 0.02575,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E6A

secondary

#99898C

accent

#7480B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E6A

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

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