#596E84#596E84

#596E84 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.043 H 249.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E84
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 132)
HSL	hsl(211, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(211, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, -2.15, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 14.81, 261.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.97% -0.0148 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(52.97% 0.043 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8594, 14.9411, 23.9790)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E84 #846F59

analogous

#598384 #596E84 #595984

triadic

#596E84 #84596E #6E8459

tetradic

#596E84 #845983 #846F59 #598459

square

#596E84 #845983 #846F59 #598459

split-complementary

#596E84 #845959 #838459

monochromatic

#28313B #40505F #596E84 #778DA3 #9BABBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#596E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#596E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E84

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E84	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.043 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997a7',
    500: '#596e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e84;
$custom-light: #8997a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.698,
    "s": 19.457,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52965,
    "c": 0.04288,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E84

secondary

#AA9D8F

accent

#956CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E84

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

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