#596F71#596F71

#596F71 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.026 H 203.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F71
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 113)
HSL	hsl(185, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, -7.61, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 8.50, 206.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% -0.0241 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.026 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7841, 14.6845, 17.7804)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F71 #715B59

analogous

#597167 #596F71 #596371

triadic

#596F71 #71596F #6F7159

tetradic

#596F71 #675971 #715B59 #637159

square

#596F71 #675971 #715B59 #637159

split-complementary

#596F71 #715963 #716759

monochromatic

#232C2D #3E4D4F #596F71 #759092 #97ABAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#596F71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#596F71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F71

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F71	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#527170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.026 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889899',
    500: '#596f71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f71;
$custom-light: #889899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52469,
    "c": 0.02622,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F71

secondary

#9C8B8A

accent

#7973B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F71

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

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