#596d79

Color #596d79

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#596d79

RGB

rgb(89, 109, 121)

HSL

hsl(202.5, 15.2%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.5, 26.4%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(44.86, -4.45, -9.11)

LCH

lch(44.86, 10.14, 243.97)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.0305, 234.48)

HWB

hwb(202.5, 34.9%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#796559

Analogous

#597975

#596d79

#595d79

Triadic

#596d79

#79596d

#6d7959

Split-complementary

#596d79

#79595d

#797559

Tetradic

#596d79

#655979

#796559

#6d7959

Square

#596d79

#755979

#796559

#5d7959

Shades

Color #596d79 mixed toward black.

#4a5b65

#3b4951

#2d373d

#1e2428

#0f1214

Tints

Color #596d79 mixed toward white.

#6f8795

#8c9faa

#a9b7bf

#c5cfd5

#e2e7ea

Tones

Color #596d79 mixed toward gray.

#5c6c76

#5e6c74

#616b71

#646a6e

#666a6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.89:1

White text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626276 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#616076 · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#5a7473 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596d79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596d79]

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Frequently asked questions

#596d79 (#596d79) is rgb(89, 109, 121) in RGB.

No, #596d79 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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