#596F70#596F70

#596F70 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.026 H 199.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F70
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 112)
HSL	hsl(183, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, -7.85, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 8.49, 202.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.43% -0.0245 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(52.43% 0.026 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7281, 14.6621, 17.4855)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F70 #705A59

analogous

#597066 #596F70 #596470

triadic

#596F70 #70596F #6F7059

tetradic

#596F70 #665970 #705A59 #647059

square

#596F70 #665970 #705A59 #647059

split-complementary

#596F70 #705964 #706659

monochromatic

#232B2C #3E4D4E #596F70 #759091 #97ABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#596F70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#596F70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F70

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F70	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.026 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889899',
    500: '#596f70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f70;
$custom-light: #889899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 11.443,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52434,
    "c": 0.02608,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F70

secondary

#9B8A8A

accent

#7673B4

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F70

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

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