#596E70#596E70

#596E70 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.025 H 203.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E70
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 112)
HSL	hsl(185, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, -7.27, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 8.16, 206.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% -0.023 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.025 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6196, 14.4451, 17.4494)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E70 #705B59

analogous

#597067 #596E70 #596370

triadic

#596E70 #70596E #6E7059

tetradic

#596E70 #675970 #705B59 #637059

square

#596E70 #675970 #705B59 #637059

split-complementary

#596E70 #705963 #706759

monochromatic

#232B2C #3E4D4E #596E70 #758F91 #97ABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#596E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E70

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E70	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.025 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889799',
    500: '#596e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e70;
$custom-light: #889799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 11.443,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52193,
    "c": 0.02514,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E70

secondary

#9B8B8A

accent

#7973B4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E70

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

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