#596F85#596F85

#596F85 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.043 H 248.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F85
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 133)
HSL	hsl(210, 20%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(210, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, -2.47, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 14.95, 260.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% -0.0158 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.043 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0366, 15.1856, 24.3773)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F85 #856F59

analogous

#598585 #596F85 #595985

triadic

#596F85 #85596F #6F8559

tetradic

#596F85 #855985 #856F59 #598559

square

#596F85 #855985 #856F59 #598559

split-complementary

#596F85 #855959 #858559

monochromatic

#28323C #405060 #596F85 #778EA4 #9CACBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#596F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#596F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F85

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F85	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.043 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998a8',
    500: '#596f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f85;
$custom-light: #8998a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 19.82,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53241,
    "c": 0.04348,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F85

secondary

#AB9D8F

accent

#946BBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F85

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

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