#596E6B#596E6B

#596E6B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.025 H 185.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E6B
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 107)
HSL	hsl(171, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 2.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, -8.45, -0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 8.50, 186.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% -0.0253 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.025 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3489, 14.3369, 16.0237)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E6B #6E595C

analogous

#596E61 #596E6B #59676E

triadic

#596E6B #6B596E #6E6B59

tetradic

#596E6B #61596E #6E595C #676E59

square

#596E6B #61596E #6E595C #676E59

split-complementary

#596E6B #6E5967 #6E6159

monochromatic

#222A29 #3E4C4A #596E6B #758F8C #97ABA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#596E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#596E6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E6B

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E6B	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68686B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#536F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.025 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889795',
    500: '#596e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e6b;
$custom-light: #889795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52022,
    "c": 0.02541,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E6B

secondary

#99898C

accent

#747DB3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E6B

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

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