#596F69#596F69

#596F69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.028 H 176.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F69
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 105)
HSL	hsl(164, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(164, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 5.4%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, -9.48, 0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 9.50, 176.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% -0.0277 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.028 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3534, 14.5123, 15.5121)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F69 #6F595F

analogous

#596F5E #596F69 #596A6F

triadic

#596F69 #69596F #6F6959

tetradic

#596F69 #5E596F #6F595F #6A6F59

square

#596F69 #5E596F #6F595F #6A6F59

split-complementary

#596F69 #6F596A #6F5E59

monochromatic

#232B29 #3E4D49 #596F69 #759089 #97ACA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#596F69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#596F69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F69

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F69	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.028 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889893',
    500: '#596f69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f69;
$custom-light: #889893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52198,
    "c": 0.02774,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F69

secondary

#9A8A8E

accent

#7485B4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F69

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

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