#596F6E#596F6E

#596F6E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.026 H 193.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F6E
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 110)
HSL	hsl(177, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, -8.32, -2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 8.59, 194.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% -0.0254 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.026 193)
XYZ	xyz(12.6179, 14.6181, 16.9056)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F6E #6F595A

analogous

#596F63 #596F6E #59656F

triadic

#596F6E #6E596F #6F6E59

tetradic

#596F6E #63596F #6F595A #656F59

square

#596F6E #63596F #6F595A #656F59

split-complementary

#596F6E #6F5965 #6F6359

monochromatic

#232B2B #3E4D4C #596F6E #75908F #97ACAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#596F6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#596F6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F6E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F6E	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68696E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.026 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889897',
    500: '#596f6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f6e;
$custom-light: #889897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52365,
    "c": 0.02609,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.14619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F6E

secondary

#9A8A8A

accent

#7477B4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F6E

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

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