#596F8B#596F8B

#596F8B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.051 H 254.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F8B
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 139)
HSL	hsl(214, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(214, 36%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 20.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, -0.81, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 17.98, 267.41°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% -0.0136 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.051 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4630, 15.3561, 26.6231)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F8B #8B7559

analogous

#59888B #596F8B #5C598B

triadic

#596F8B #8B596F #6F8B59

tetradic

#596F8B #8B5988 #8B7559 #598B5C

square

#596F8B #8B5988 #8B7559 #598B5C

split-complementary

#596F8B #8B5C59 #888B59

monochromatic

#293340 #415166 #596F8B #788EA9 #9EADC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#596F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#596F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F8B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F8B	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65708C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.051 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998ad',
    500: '#596f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f8b;
$custom-light: #8998ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 21.93,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53499,
    "c": 0.05141,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F8B

secondary

#AEA291

accent

#9969BE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F8B

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

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