#596E83#596E83

#596E83 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.042 H 248.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E83
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 131)
HSL	hsl(210, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(210, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 16%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, -2.42, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 14.32, 260.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% -0.0152 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.042 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7913, 14.9138, 23.6203)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E83 #836E59

analogous

#598383 #596E83 #595983

triadic

#596E83 #83596E #6E8359

tetradic

#596E83 #835983 #836E59 #598359

square

#596E83 #835983 #836E59 #598359

split-complementary

#596E83 #835959 #838359

monochromatic

#27313A #404F5F #596E83 #778DA2 #9BABBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#596E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#596E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E83

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E83	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.042 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997a7',
    500: '#596e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e83;
$custom-light: #8997a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 19.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52924,
    "c": 0.04159,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E83

secondary

#A99C8F

accent

#946CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E83

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

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