#596F80#596F80

#596F80 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.037 H 241.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F80
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 128)
HSL	hsl(206, 18%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(206, 30%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.70, -3.81, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.70, 12.62, 252.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% -0.0178 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.037 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6994, 15.0507, 22.6011)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F80 #806A59

analogous

#59807D #596F80 #595C80

triadic

#596F80 #80596F #6F8059

tetradic

#596F80 #7D5980 #806A59 #5C8059

square

#596F80 #7D5980 #806A59 #5C8059

split-complementary

#596F80 #80595C #807D59

monochromatic

#273038 #40505C #596F80 #768EA0 #9AACB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#596F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#596F80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F80

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F80	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.037 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998a4',
    500: '#596f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f80;
$custom-light: #8998a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 17.972,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53035,
    "c": 0.03744,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F80

secondary

#A7998E

accent

#8F6DBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F80

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

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