#596d72

Color #596d72

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.13 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#596d72

RGB

rgb(89, 109, 114)

HSL

hsl(192, 12.3%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 21.9%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(44.63, -6.2, -5.25)

LCH

lch(44.63, 8.12, 220.26)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.0252, 214.64)

HWB

hwb(192, 34.9%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#725e59

Analogous

#59726a

#596d72

#596072

Triadic

#596d72

#72596d

#6d7259

Split-complementary

#596d72

#725960

#726a59

Tetradic

#596d72

#5e5972

#725e59

#6d7259

Square

#596d72

#6a5972

#725e59

#607259

Shades

Color #596d72 mixed toward black.

#4a5b5f

#3b494c

#2d3639

#1e2426

#0f1213

Tints

Color #596d72 mixed toward white.

#6f888f

#8ca0a5

#a9b8bc

#c6d0d2

#e2e7e9

Tones

Color #596d72 mixed toward gray.

#5b6c70

#5d6a6e

#5f696c

#61686a

#636768

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.86:1

White text reads better on this background (5.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626271 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#616071 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#5a7070 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 8.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #596d72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596d72]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#596d72 (#596d72) is rgb(89, 109, 114) in RGB.

No, #596d72 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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