#596F82#596F82

#596F82 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.040 H 244.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F82
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 130)
HSL	hsl(208, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, -3.28, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 13.52, 255.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% -0.017 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.04 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8323, 15.1038, 23.3013)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F82 #826C59

analogous

#598280 #596F82 #595B82

triadic

#596F82 #82596F #6F8259

tetradic

#596F82 #805982 #826C59 #5B8259

square

#596F82 #805982 #826C59 #5B8259

split-complementary

#596F82 #82595B #828059

monochromatic

#273139 #40505E #596F82 #778EA2 #9BACBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#596F82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#596F82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F82

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F82	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676F83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.040 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998a6',
    500: '#596f82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f82;
$custom-light: #8998a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.805,
    "s": 18.721,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53116,
    "c": 0.03978,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F82

secondary

#A89A8E

accent

#916CBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F82

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

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