#596F72#596F72

#596F72 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.026 H 206.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F72
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 114)
HSL	hsl(187, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 22%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, -7.37, -4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 8.56, 210.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% -0.0237 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.026 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8407, 14.7072, 18.0785)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F72 #725C59

analogous

#597269 #596F72 #596372

triadic

#596F72 #72596F #6F7259

tetradic

#596F72 #695972 #725C59 #637259

square

#596F72 #695972 #725C59 #637259

split-complementary

#596F72 #725963 #726959

monochromatic

#232C2D #3E4E50 #596F72 #759093 #97ABAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#596F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#596F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F72

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F72	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)

#6B6D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#517170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.026 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88989a',
    500: '#596f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f72;
$custom-light: #88989a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 12.315,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52504,
    "c": 0.02645,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F72

secondary

#9D8C8A

accent

#7B73B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F72

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

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