#596E7A#596E7A

#596E7A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.031 H 233.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E7A
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(202, 16%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(202, 27%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, -4.78, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 10.38, 242.55°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% -0.0188 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.031 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2076, 14.6803, 20.5463)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E7A #7A6559

analogous

#597A76 #596E7A #595E7A

triadic

#596E7A #7A596E #6E7A59

tetradic

#596E7A #76597A #7A6559 #5E7A59

square

#596E7A #76597A #7A6559 #5E7A59

split-complementary

#596E7A #7A595E #7A7659

monochromatic

#252E33 #3F4E57 #596E7A #768D9B #99AAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#596E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#596E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E7A

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E7A	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64697A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F7172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.031 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897a0',
    500: '#596e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e7a;
$custom-light: #8897a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 15.64,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52562,
    "c": 0.03134,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E7A

secondary

#A3948C

accent

#8A6FB8

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E7A

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

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