#596E85#596E85

#596E85 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.044 H 251.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E85
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(211, 20%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(211, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, -1.87, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 15.31, 262.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% -0.0144 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.044 251)
XYZ	xyz(13.9281, 14.9686, 24.3411)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E85 #857059

analogous

#598485 #596E85 #5A5985

triadic

#596E85 #85596E #6E8559

tetradic

#596E85 #855984 #857059 #59855A

square

#596E85 #855984 #857059 #59855A

split-complementary

#596E85 #855A59 #848559

monochromatic

#28313C #405060 #596E85 #778DA4 #9CABBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#596E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#596E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E85

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E85	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.044 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997a8',
    500: '#596e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e85;
$custom-light: #8997a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.364,
    "s": 19.82,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53008,
    "c": 0.04417,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.14969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E85

secondary

#AB9E8F

accent

#966BBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E85

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

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