#596E82#596E82

#596E82 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.040 H 247.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E82
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 130)
HSL	hsl(209, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(209, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.48, -2.68, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.48, 13.83, 258.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% -0.0155 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.04 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.7238, 14.8868, 23.2651)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E82 #826D59

analogous

#598281 #596E82 #595A82

triadic

#596E82 #82596E #6E8259

tetradic

#596E82 #815982 #826D59 #5A8259

square

#596E82 #815982 #826D59 #5A8259

split-complementary

#596E82 #82595A #828159

monochromatic

#273139 #404F5E #596E82 #778DA2 #9BABBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#596E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#596E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E82

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E82	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.040 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997a6',
    500: '#596e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e82;
$custom-light: #8997a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.268,
    "s": 18.721,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52882,
    "c": 0.04034,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E82

secondary

#A89B8E

accent

#936CBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E82

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

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