#596F8A#596F8A

#596F8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.050 H 253.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F8A
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 138)
HSL	hsl(213, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(213, 36%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, -1.09, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 17.46, 266.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% -0.0139 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.05 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3903, 15.3270, 26.2400)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F8A #8A7459

analogous

#59888A #596F8A #5C598A

triadic

#596F8A #8A596F #6F8A59

tetradic

#596F8A #8A5988 #8A7459 #598A5C

square

#596F8A #8A5988 #8A7459 #598A5C

split-complementary

#596F8A #8A5C59 #888A59

monochromatic

#293340 #415165 #596F8A #788EA8 #9DADC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#596F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#596F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F8A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F8A	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65708B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.050 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998ac',
    500: '#596f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f8a;
$custom-light: #8998ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.061,
    "s": 21.586,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53455,
    "c": 0.05005,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F8A

secondary

#AEA191

accent

#986ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F8A

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

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