#596768

Color #596768

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.91 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#596768

RGB

rgb(89, 103, 104)

HSL

hsl(184, 7.8%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184, 14.4%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 1%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(42.5, -5.07, -2.36)

LCH

lch(42.5, 5.59, 204.96)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.0171, 201.93)

HWB

hwb(184, 34.9%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#685a59

Analogous

#596861

#596768

#595f68

Triadic

#596768

#685967

#676859

Split-complementary

#596768

#68595f

#686159

Tetradic

#596768

#5a5968

#685a59

#676859

Square

#596768

#615968

#685a59

#5f6859

Shades

Color #596768 mixed toward black.

#4a5657

#3b4545

#2c3334

#1e2223

#0f1111

Tints

Color #596768 mixed toward white.

#718384

#8d9c9e

#aab5b6

#c6cece

#e3e6e7

Tones

Color #596768 mixed toward gray.

#5a6667

#5b6565

#5d6464

#5e6363

#5f6162

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.56:1

White text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f68 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#5f5d68 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#5a6868 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596768;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596768]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#596768 (#596768) is rgb(89, 103, 104) in RGB.

No, #596768 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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