#596265

Color #596265

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#596265

RGB

rgb(89, 98, 101)

HSL

hsl(195, 6.3%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 11.9%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 3%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(40.89, -2.79, -2.89)

LCH

lch(40.89, 4.02, 226.01)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.0122, 219.69)

HWB

hwb(195, 34.9%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#655c59

Analogous

#596562

#596265

#595c65

Triadic

#596265

#655962

#626559

Split-complementary

#596265

#65595c

#656259

Tetradic

#596265

#5c5965

#655c59

#626559

Square

#596265

#625965

#655c59

#5c6559

Shades

Color #596265 mixed toward black.

#4a5254

#3b4143

#2d3133

#1e2122

#0f1011

Tints

Color #596265 mixed toward white.

#727e81

#8e989b

#aab2b4

#c6cbcd

#e3e5e6

Tones

Color #596265 mixed toward gray.

#5a6264

#5b6163

#5c6162

#5d6061

#5e6060

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d64 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#5d5c64 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#596464 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 4.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #596265;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596265]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#596265 (#596265) is rgb(89, 98, 101) in RGB.

No, #596265 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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