#596E7D#596E7D

#596E7D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.034 H 239.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E7D
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 125)
HSL	hsl(205, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(205, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 12%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, -4.01, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 11.57, 249.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% -0.0175 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.034 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3963, 14.7558, 21.5404)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E7D #7D6859

analogous

#597D7A #596E7D #595C7D

triadic

#596E7D #7D596E #6E7D59

tetradic

#596E7D #7A597D #7D6859 #5C7D59

square

#596E7D #7A597D #7D6859 #5C7D59

split-complementary

#596E7D #7D595C #7D7A59

monochromatic

#262F36 #404F59 #596E7D #768D9D #9AABB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#596E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#596E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E7D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E7D	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63697D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.034 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997a2',
    500: '#596e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e7d;
$custom-light: #8997a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 16.822,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5268,
    "c": 0.03444,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E7D

secondary

#A5978D

accent

#8E6EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E7D

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

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