#596E75#596E75

#596E75 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.027 H 220.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E75
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 117)
HSL	hsl(195, 14%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(195, 24%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 6%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, -6.05, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 8.85, 226.89°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% -0.0209 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.027 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9057, 14.5596, 18.9565)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E75 #756059

analogous

#59756E #596E75 #596075

triadic

#596E75 #75596E #6E7559

tetradic

#596E75 #6E5975 #756059 #607559

square

#596E75 #6E5975 #756059 #607559

split-complementary

#596E75 #755960 #756E59

monochromatic

#242D2F #3F4D52 #596E75 #758E96 #98AAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#596E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#596E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E75

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E75	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#517070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.027 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88979c',
    500: '#596e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e75;
$custom-light: #88979c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52373,
    "c": 0.02728,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E75

secondary

#9F908B

accent

#8371B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E75

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

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