#596E73#596E73

#596E73 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.026 H 213.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E73
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 115)
HSL	hsl(192, 13%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 23%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, -6.54, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 8.46, 219.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% -0.0217 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.026 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7894, 14.5131, 18.3438)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E73 #735E59

analogous

#59736B #596E73 #596173

triadic

#596E73 #73596E #6E7359

tetradic

#596E73 #6B5973 #735E59 #617359

square

#596E73 #6B5973 #735E59 #617359

split-complementary

#596E73 #735961 #736B59

monochromatic

#242C2E #3E4D50 #596E73 #758E94 #98AAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#596E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#596E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E73

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E73	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.026 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88979b',
    500: '#596e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e73;
$custom-light: #88979b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.523,
    "c": 0.02616,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E73

secondary

#9D8E8A

accent

#7F72B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E73

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

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