#596F83#596F83

#596F83 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.041 H 246.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F83
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 131)
HSL	hsl(209, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(209, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, -3.01, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 13.99, 257.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.16% -0.0166 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(53.16% 0.041 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8998, 15.1308, 23.6565)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F83 #836D59

analogous

#598382 #596F83 #595A83

triadic

#596F83 #83596F #6F8359

tetradic

#596F83 #825983 #836D59 #5A8359

square

#596F83 #825983 #836D59 #5A8359

split-complementary

#596F83 #83595A #838259

monochromatic

#27313A #40505F #596F83 #778EA2 #9BACBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#596F83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#596F83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F83

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F83	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.041 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998a7',
    500: '#596f83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f83;
$custom-light: #8998a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 19.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53157,
    "c": 0.04099,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F83

secondary

#A99B8F

accent

#926CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F83

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

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