#596678

Color #596678

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.29 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#596678

RGB

rgb(89, 102, 120)

HSL

hsl(214.8, 14.8%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.8, 25.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 15%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(42.74, -0.54, -11.71)

LCH

lch(42.74, 11.72, 267.36)

OKLCH

oklch(50.6%, 0.0329, 256.64)

HWB

hwb(214.8, 34.9%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#786b59

Analogous

#597678

#596678

#5c5978

Triadic

#596678

#785966

#667859

Split-complementary

#596678

#785c59

#767859

Tetradic

#596678

#6b5978

#786b59

#667859

Square

#596678

#785976

#786b59

#59785c

Shades

Color #596678 mixed toward black.

#4a5564

#3b4450

#2d333c

#1e2228

#0f1114

Tints

Color #596678 mixed toward white.

#6f7f94

#8c98aa

#a9b2bf

#c5ccd4

#e2e5ea

Tones

Color #596678 mixed toward gray.

#5c6675

#5e6773

#616770

#63686e

#66686b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.6:1

White text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f74 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#5e5d73 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#5a7170 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 9.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596678;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596678]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#596678 (#596678) is rgb(89, 102, 120) in RGB.

No, #596678 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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