#596E72#596E72

#596E72 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.026 H 210.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E72
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(190, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 22%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, -6.79, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 8.31, 215.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% -0.0222 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.026 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7322, 14.4902, 18.0424)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E72 #725D59

analogous

#59726A #596E72 #596272

triadic

#596E72 #72596E #6E7259

tetradic

#596E72 #6A5972 #725D59 #627259

square

#596E72 #6A5972 #725D59 #627259

split-complementary

#596E72 #725962 #726A59

monochromatic

#232C2D #3E4D50 #596E72 #758E93 #97AAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#596E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#596E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E72

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E72	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.026 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88979a',
    500: '#596e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e72;
$custom-light: #88979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 12.315,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52264,
    "c": 0.02572,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E72

secondary

#9D8D8A

accent

#7D73B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E72

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

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