#596F7C#596F7C

#596F7C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.033 H 234.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F7C
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 124)
HSL	hsl(202, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(202, 28%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, -4.86, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 10.99, 243.77°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% -0.0194 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.033 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4413, 14.9474, 21.2418)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F7C #7C6659

analogous

#597C78 #596F7C #595E7C

triadic

#596F7C #7C596F #6F7C59

tetradic

#596F7C #78597C #7C6659 #5E7C59

square

#596F7C #78597C #7C6659 #5E7C59

split-complementary

#596F7C #7C595E #7C7859

monochromatic

#262F35 #3F4F58 #596F7C #768E9C #99ABB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#596F7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#596F7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F7C

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F7C	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.033 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8898a1',
    500: '#596f7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f7c;
$custom-light: #8898a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 16.432,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52877,
    "c": 0.03316,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F7C

secondary

#A4958D

accent

#8A6FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F7C

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

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