#596F68#596F68

#596F68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.028 H 173.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F68
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 104)
HSL	hsl(161, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(161, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 6.3%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, -9.71, 1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 9.78, 172.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% -0.0282 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.028 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3023, 14.4918, 15.2430)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F68 #6F5960

analogous

#596F5D #596F68 #596B6F

triadic

#596F68 #68596F #6F6859

tetradic

#596F68 #5D596F #6F5960 #6B6F59

square

#596F68 #5D596F #6F5960 #6B6F59

split-complementary

#596F68 #6F596B #6F5D59

monochromatic

#232B28 #3E4D48 #596F68 #759088 #97ACA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#596F68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#596F68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F68

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F68	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6C68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.028 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889893',
    500: '#596f68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f68;
$custom-light: #889893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.909,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52166,
    "c": 0.02832,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F68

secondary

#9A8A8F

accent

#7488B4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F68

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

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