#596F7D#596F7D

#596F7D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.034 H 236.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F7D
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 125)
HSL	hsl(203, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, -4.60, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 11.37, 246.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% -0.019 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.034 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5048, 14.9729, 21.5765)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F7D #7D6759

analogous

#597D79 #596F7D #595D7D

triadic

#596F7D #7D596F #6F7D59

tetradic

#596F7D #79597D #7D6759 #5D7D59

square

#596F7D #79597D #7D6759 #5D7D59

split-complementary

#596F7D #7D595D #7D7959

monochromatic

#263036 #404F59 #596F7D #768E9D #9AABB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#596F7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#596F7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F7D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F7D	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)

#696E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.034 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998a2',
    500: '#596f7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f7d;
$custom-light: #8998a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 16.822,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52916,
    "c": 0.03417,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F7D

secondary

#A5968D

accent

#8C6EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F7D

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

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