#596E88#596E88

#596E88 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.048 H 254.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E88
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 136)
HSL	hsl(213, 21%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(213, 35%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, -1.05, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 16.84, 266.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.14% -0.0133 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(53.14% 0.048 254)
XYZ	xyz(14.1383, 15.0526, 25.4483)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E88 #887359

analogous

#598688 #596E88 #5C5988

triadic

#596E88 #88596E #6E8859

tetradic

#596E88 #885986 #887359 #59885C

square

#596E88 #885986 #887359 #59885C

split-complementary

#596E88 #885C59 #868859

monochromatic

#29323E #415063 #596E88 #788DA6 #9DACBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#596E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#596E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E88

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E88	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.048 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997aa',
    500: '#596e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e88;
$custom-light: #8997aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.191,
    "s": 20.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53136,
    "c": 0.04817,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.15053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E88

secondary

#ADA090

accent

#986ABD

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E88

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

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