#596E89#596E89

#596E89 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.050 H 254.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E89
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 137)
HSL	hsl(214, 21%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(214, 35%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 19.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, -0.77, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 17.36, 267.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% -0.0129 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.05 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2097, 15.0812, 25.8243)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E89 #897459

analogous

#598689 #596E89 #5C5989

triadic

#596E89 #89596E #6E8959

tetradic

#596E89 #895986 #897459 #59895C

square

#596E89 #895986 #897459 #59895C

split-complementary

#596E89 #895C59 #868959

monochromatic

#29323F #415064 #596E89 #788DA7 #9DACBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#596E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#596E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E89

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E89	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.050 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997ab',
    500: '#596e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e89;
$custom-light: #8997ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 21.239,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5318,
    "c": 0.04953,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E89

secondary

#ADA191

accent

#996ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E89

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

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