#596F7B#596F7B

#596F7B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.032 H 232.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F7B
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 123)
HSL	hsl(201, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(201, 28%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, -5.11, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 10.62, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% -0.0198 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.032 232)
XYZ	xyz(13.3784, 14.9223, 20.9104)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F7B #7B6559

analogous

#597B76 #596F7B #595E7B

triadic

#596F7B #7B596F #6F7B59

tetradic

#596F7B #76597B #7B6559 #5E7B59

square

#596F7B #76597B #7B6559 #5E7B59

split-complementary

#596F7B #7B595E #7B7659

monochromatic

#262F34 #3F4F57 #596F7B #768E9C #99ABB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#596F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#596F7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F7B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F7B	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F7273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.032 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8898a1',
    500: '#596f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f7b;
$custom-light: #8898a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 16.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52838,
    "c": 0.0322,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.14923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F7B

secondary

#A3948C

accent

#896FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F7B

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

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