#596E7B#596E7B

#596E7B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.032 H 235.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E7B
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 123)
HSL	hsl(203, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 28%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, -4.53, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 10.76, 245.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.6% -0.0184 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(52.6% 0.032 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2699, 14.7053, 20.8743)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E7B #7B6659

analogous

#597B77 #596E7B #595D7B

triadic

#596E7B #7B596E #6E7B59

tetradic

#596E7B #77597B #7B6659 #5D7B59

square

#596E7B #77597B #7B6659 #5D7B59

split-complementary

#596E7B #7B595D #7B7759

monochromatic

#262E34 #3F4E57 #596E7B #768D9C #99ABB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#596E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#596E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E7B

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E7B	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63697B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F7172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.032 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897a1',
    500: '#596e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e7b;
$custom-light: #8897a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 16.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52601,
    "c": 0.03233,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E7B

secondary

#A3958C

accent

#8B6FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E7B

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

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