#596E71#596E71

#596E71 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.025 H 207.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E71
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 113)
HSL	hsl(188, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, -7.03, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 8.21, 211.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% -0.0226 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.025 207)
XYZ	xyz(12.6755, 14.4675, 17.7442)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E71 #715C59

analogous

#597168 #596E71 #596271

triadic

#596E71 #71596E #6E7159

tetradic

#596E71 #685971 #715C59 #627159

square

#596E71 #685971 #715C59 #627159

split-complementary

#596E71 #715962 #716859

monochromatic

#232B2D #3E4D4F #596E71 #758F92 #97AAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#596E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E71

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E71	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6C71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.025 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889799',
    500: '#596e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e71;
$custom-light: #889799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52229,
    "c": 0.02538,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.14468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E71

secondary

#9C8C8A

accent

#7B73B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E71

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

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