#596E87#596E87

#596E87 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.047 H 253.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E87
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 135)
HSL	hsl(213, 21%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(213, 34%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, -1.33, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 16.32, 265.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% -0.0136 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.047 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0676, 15.0244, 25.0757)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E87 #877259

analogous

#598587 #596E87 #5B5987

triadic

#596E87 #87596E #6E8759

tetradic

#596E87 #875985 #877259 #59875B

square

#596E87 #875985 #877259 #59875B

split-complementary

#596E87 #875B59 #858759

monochromatic

#28323D #415062 #596E87 #788DA6 #9CACBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#596E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#596E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E87

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E87	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.047 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997aa',
    500: '#596e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e87;
$custom-light: #8997aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.609,
    "s": 20.536,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53093,
    "c": 0.04682,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E87

secondary

#AC9F90

accent

#976BBD

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E87

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

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