#596F7E#596F7E

#596F7E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.035 H 238.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F7E
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 126)
HSL	hsl(204, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(204, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, -4.34, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 11.77, 248.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% -0.0186 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.035 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5690, 14.9985, 21.9147)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F7E #7E6859

analogous

#597E7A #596F7E #595D7E

triadic

#596F7E #7E596F #6F7E59

tetradic

#596F7E #7A597E #7E6859 #5D7E59

square

#596F7E #7A597E #7E6859 #5D7E59

split-complementary

#596F7E #7E595D #7E7A59

monochromatic

#263036 #404F5A #596F7E #768E9E #9AACB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#596F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#596F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F7E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F7E	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.035 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998a3',
    500: '#596f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f7e;
$custom-light: #8998a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.324,
    "s": 17.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52955,
    "c": 0.03522,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F7E

secondary

#A6978D

accent

#8D6EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F7E

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

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