#596F6C#596F6C

#596F6C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.026 H 186.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F6C
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 108)
HSL	hsl(172, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 2.7%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, -8.79, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 8.85, 186.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% -0.0263 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.026 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.5103, 14.5750, 16.3386)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F6C #6F595C

analogous

#596F61 #596F6C #59676F

triadic

#596F6C #6C596F #6F6C59

tetradic

#596F6C #61596F #6F595C #676F59

square

#596F6C #61596F #6F595C #676F59

split-complementary

#596F6C #6F5967 #6F6159

monochromatic

#232B2A #3E4D4B #596F6C #75908D #97ACA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#596F6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#596F6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F6C

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F6C	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68696C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.026 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889896',
    500: '#596f6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f6c;
$custom-light: #889896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52297,
    "c": 0.02649,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F6C

secondary

#9A8A8C

accent

#747DB4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F6C

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

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