#596F6F#596F6F

#596F6F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.026 H 196.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F6F
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 111)
HSL	hsl(180, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(180, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, -8.09, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 8.52, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% -0.025 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.026 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6727, 14.6400, 17.1939)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F6F #6F5959

analogous

#596F64 #596F6F #59646F

triadic

#596F6F #6F596F #6F6F59

tetradic

#596F6F #64596F #6F5959 #646F59

square

#596F6F #64596F #6F5959 #646F59

split-complementary

#596F6F #6F5964 #6F6459

monochromatic

#232B2B #3E4D4D #596F6F #759090 #97ACAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#596F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#596F6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F6F

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F6F	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68696F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.026 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889898',
    500: '#596f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f6f;
$custom-light: #889898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52399,
    "c": 0.02605,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F6F

secondary

#9A8A8A

accent

#7474B4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F6F

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

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