#596E7E#596E7E

#596E7E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.036 H 241.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E7E
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 126)
HSL	hsl(206, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(206, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.33, -3.75, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.33, 12.00, 251.80°)
OKLab	oklab(52.72% -0.0171 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(52.72% 0.036 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4605, 14.7815, 21.8785)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E7E #7E6959

analogous

#597E7C #596E7E #595C7E

triadic

#596E7E #7E596E #6E7E59

tetradic

#596E7E #7C597E #7E6959 #5C7E59

square

#596E7E #7C597E #7E6959 #5C7E59

split-complementary

#596E7E #7E595C #7E7C59

monochromatic

#262F36 #404F5A #596E7E #768D9E #9AABB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#596E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#596E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E7E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E7E	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.036 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997a3',
    500: '#596e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e7e;
$custom-light: #8997a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.946,
    "s": 17.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52719,
    "c": 0.03556,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E7E

secondary

#A6988D

accent

#8F6EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E7E

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

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