#596F6D#596F6D

#596F6D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.026 H 189.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F6D
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 109)
HSL	hsl(175, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 1.8%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, -8.56, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 8.70, 190.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% -0.0259 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.026 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5638, 14.5964, 16.6205)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F6D #6F595B

analogous

#596F62 #596F6D #59666F

triadic

#596F6D #6D596F #6F6D59

tetradic

#596F6D #62596F #6F595B #666F59

square

#596F6D #62596F #6F595B #666F59

split-complementary

#596F6D #6F5966 #6F6259

monochromatic

#232B2A #3E4D4C #596F6D #75908E #97ACAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#596F6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#596F6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F6D

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F6D	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68696D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.026 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889896',
    500: '#596f6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f6d;
$custom-light: #889896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52331,
    "c": 0.02625,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F6D

secondary

#9A8A8B

accent

#747AB4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F6D

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

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