#596F75#596F75

#596F75 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.028 H 216.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F75
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 117)
HSL	hsl(193, 14%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 24%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.33, -6.63, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.33, 8.95, 222.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.61% -0.0224 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(52.61% 0.028 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0142, 14.7766, 18.9926)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F75 #755F59

analogous

#59756D #596F75 #596175

triadic

#596F75 #75596F #6F7559

tetradic

#596F75 #6D5975 #755F59 #617559

square

#596F75 #6D5975 #755F59 #617559

split-complementary

#596F75 #755961 #756D59

monochromatic

#242D2F #3F4E52 #596F75 #758F96 #98ABB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#596F75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#596F75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F75

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F75	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#517171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.028 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88989c',
    500: '#596f75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f75;
$custom-light: #88989c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52612,
    "c": 0.02769,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F75

secondary

#9F8F8B

accent

#8071B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F75

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

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