#596E80#596E80

#596E80 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.038 H 244.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E80
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 128)
HSL	hsl(208, 18%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(208, 30%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.41, -3.22, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.41, 12.89, 255.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% -0.0163 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.038 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5909, 14.8337, 22.5650)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E80 #806B59

analogous

#59807E #596E80 #595B80

triadic

#596E80 #80596E #6E8059

tetradic

#596E80 #7E5980 #806B59 #5B8059

square

#596E80 #7E5980 #806B59 #5B8059

split-complementary

#596E80 #80595B #807E59

monochromatic

#273038 #404F5C #596E80 #768DA0 #9AABB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#596E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#596E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E80

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E80	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.038 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997a4',
    500: '#596e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e80;
$custom-light: #8997a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 17.972,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.528,
    "c": 0.03789,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E80

secondary

#A7998E

accent

#916DBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E80

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

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