#596F8D#596F8D

#596F8D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.054 H 256.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F8D
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(215, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, -0.25, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 19.03, 269.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% -0.0129 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.054 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6105, 15.4151, 27.3997)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F8D #8D7759

analogous

#59898D #596F8D #5D598D

triadic

#596F8D #8D596F #6F8D59

tetradic

#596F8D #8D5989 #8D7759 #598D5D

square

#596F8D #8D5989 #8D7759 #598D5D

split-complementary

#596F8D #8D5D59 #898D59

monochromatic

#2A3442 #415167 #596F8D #798EAA #9EADC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#596F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#596F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F8D

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F8D	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64708E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.054 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998ae',
    500: '#596f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f8d;
$custom-light: #8998ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.615,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53587,
    "c": 0.05415,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F8D

secondary

#B0A392

accent

#9B69BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F8D

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

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