#596E8A#596E8A

#596E8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.051 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E8A
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(214, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(214, 36%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, -0.49, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 17.89, 268.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% -0.0125 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.051 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2818, 15.1100, 26.2038)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E8A #8A7559

analogous

#59878A #596E8A #5D598A

triadic

#596E8A #8A596E #6E8A59

tetradic

#596E8A #8A5987 #8A7559 #598A5D

square

#596E8A #8A5987 #8A7559 #598A5D

split-complementary

#596E8A #8A5D59 #878A59

monochromatic

#293340 #415065 #596E8A #788DA8 #9DACC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#596E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#596E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E8A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E8A	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.051 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997ac',
    500: '#596e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e8a;
$custom-light: #8997ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 21.586,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53224,
    "c": 0.05091,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E8A

secondary

#AEA191

accent

#9A6ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E8A

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

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