#596F7A#596F7A

#596F7A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.031 H 229.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F7A
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 122)
HSL	hsl(200, 16%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(200, 27%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, -5.37, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 10.27, 238.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% -0.0202 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.031 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3161, 14.8973, 20.5824)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F7A #7A6459

analogous

#597A75 #596F7A #595F7A

triadic

#596F7A #7A596F #6F7A59

tetradic

#596F7A #75597A #7A6459 #5F7A59

square

#596F7A #75597A #7A6459 #5F7A59

split-complementary

#596F7A #7A595F #7A7559

monochromatic

#252F33 #3F4F57 #596F7A #768E9B #99ABB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#596F7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#596F7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F7A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F7A	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F7272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.031 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8898a0',
    500: '#596f7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f7a;
$custom-light: #8898a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 15.64,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52799,
    "c": 0.0313,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F7A

secondary

#A3948C

accent

#886FB8

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F7A

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

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