#596E76#596E76

#596E76 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.028 H 223.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E76
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 118)
HSL	hsl(197, 14%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(197, 25%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, -5.80, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 9.10, 230.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% -0.0204 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.028 223)
XYZ	xyz(12.9648, 14.5832, 19.2678)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#596E76 #766159

analogous

#59766F #596E76 #595F76

triadic

#596E76 #76596E #6E7659

tetradic

#596E76 #6F5976 #766159 #5F7659

square

#596E76 #6F5976 #766159 #5F7659

split-complementary

#596E76 #76595F #766F59

monochromatic

#242D30 #3F4D53 #596E76 #758E97 #98AAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#596E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#596E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E76

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E76	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#507170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.028 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88979d',
    500: '#596e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e76;
$custom-light: #88979d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 14.01,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52411,
    "c": 0.02796,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.14584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E76

secondary

#A0918B

accent

#8471B7

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E76

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

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