#596F65#596F65

#596F65 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.030 H 165.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F65
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 101)
HSL	hsl(153, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(153, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 9%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, -10.38, 2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 10.77, 164.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% -0.0295 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.03 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1526, 14.4320, 14.4548)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F65 #6F5963

analogous

#596F5A #596F65 #596E6F

triadic

#596F65 #65596F #6F6559

tetradic

#596F65 #5A596F #6F5963 #6E6F59

square

#596F65 #5A596F #6F5963 #6E6F59

split-complementary

#596F65 #6F596E #6F5A59

monochromatic

#232B27 #3E4D46 #596F65 #759084 #97ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#596F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596F65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F65

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F65	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.030 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889890',
    500: '#596f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f65;
$custom-light: #889890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.727,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52072,
    "c": 0.03046,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F65

secondary

#9A8A91

accent

#7491B4

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F65

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

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