#596F74#596F74

#596F74 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.027 H 213.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F74
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 116)
HSL	hsl(191, 13%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 23%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.29, -6.88, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.29, 8.78, 218.45°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% -0.0228 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.027 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9557, 14.7532, 18.6846)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F74 #745E59

analogous

#59746B #596F74 #596174

triadic

#596F74 #74596F #6F7459

tetradic

#596F74 #6B5974 #745E59 #617459

square

#596F74 #6B5974 #745E59 #617459

split-complementary

#596F74 #745961 #746B59

monochromatic

#242D2F #3E4E51 #596F74 #758F95 #98ABB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#596F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#596F74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F74

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F74	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#517170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.027 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88989c',
    500: '#596f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f74;
$custom-light: #88989c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 13.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52576,
    "c": 0.02719,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F74

secondary

#9E8E8B

accent

#7E72B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F74

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

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