#596E7C#596E7C

#596E7C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.033 H 237.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E7C
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 124)
HSL	hsl(204, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(204, 28%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.26, -4.27, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.26, 11.15, 247.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% -0.0179 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.033 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3328, 14.7304, 21.2056)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E7C #7C6759

analogous

#597C79 #596E7C #595D7C

triadic

#596E7C #7C596E #6E7C59

tetradic

#596E7C #79597C #7C6759 #5D7C59

square

#596E7C #79597C #7C6759 #5D7C59

split-complementary

#596E7C #7C595D #7C7959

monochromatic

#262F35 #3F4E58 #596E7C #768D9C #99ABB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#596E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#596E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E7C

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E7C	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63697C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F7272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.033 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897a1',
    500: '#596e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e7c;
$custom-light: #8897a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 16.432,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5264,
    "c": 0.03337,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E7C

secondary

#A4968D

accent

#8C6FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E7C

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

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