#596b69

Color #596b69

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.3 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#596b69

RGB

rgb(89, 107, 105)

HSL

hsl(173.3, 9.2%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.3, 16.8%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 1.9%, 58%)

LAB

lab(43.74, -7.18, -1.14)

LCH

lch(43.74, 7.27, 189.02)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.0218, 188.17)

HWB

hwb(173.3, 34.9%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b595b

Analogous

#596b60

#596b69

#59646b

Triadic

#596b69

#69596b

#6b6959

Split-complementary

#596b69

#6b5964

#6b6059

Tetradic

#596b69

#595b6b

#6b595b

#6b6959

Square

#596b69

#60596b

#6b595b

#646b59

Shades

Color #596b69 mixed toward black.

#4a5957

#3b4746

#2c3534

#1e2423

#0f1211

Tints

Color #596b69 mixed toward white.

#718885

#8da09e

#a9b8b6

#c6cfce

#e2e7e7

Tones

Color #596b69 mixed toward gray.

#5a6968

#5c6867

#5d6665

#5f6564

#606363

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.73:1

White text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616169 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#605f6a · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#5a6a6a · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #596b69;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596b69]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#596b69 (#596b69) is rgb(89, 107, 105) in RGB.

No, #596b69 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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