#596F81#596F81

#596F81 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.039 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F81
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 129)
HSL	hsl(207, 18%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(207, 31%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 14%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, -3.54, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 13.07, 254.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% -0.0174 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.039 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7655, 15.0771, 22.9495)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F81 #816B59

analogous

#59817F #596F81 #595B81

triadic

#596F81 #81596F #6F8159

tetradic

#596F81 #7F5981 #816B59 #5B8159

square

#596F81 #7F5981 #816B59 #5B8159

split-complementary

#596F81 #81595B #817F59

monochromatic

#273139 #40505D #596F81 #768EA1 #9BACBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#596F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#596F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F81

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F81	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686F82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.039 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998a5',
    500: '#596f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f81;
$custom-light: #8998a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 18.349,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53075,
    "c": 0.03859,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F81

secondary

#A89A8E

accent

#906DBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F81

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

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