#596e70

Color #596e70

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.17 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#596e70

RGB

rgb(89, 110, 112)

HSL

hsl(185.2, 11.4%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.2, 20.5%, 43.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.1%)

LAB

lab(44.86, -7.27, -3.7)

LCH

lch(44.86, 8.16, 206.97)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.0251, 203.5)

HWB

hwb(185.2, 34.9%, 56.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#705b59

Analogous

#597066

#596e70

#596270

Triadic

#596e70

#70596e

#6e7059

Split-complementary

#596e70

#705962

#706659

Tetradic

#596e70

#5b5970

#705b59

#6e7059

Square

#596e70

#665970

#705b59

#627059

Shades

Color #596e70 mixed toward black.

#4a5c5d

#3b494b

#2d3738

#1e2525

#0f1213

Tints

Color #596e70 mixed toward white.

#708a8d

#8ca2a4

#a9b9bb

#c6d0d1

#e2e8e8

Tones

Color #596e70 mixed toward gray.

#5b6c6e

#5d6b6c

#5f696a

#616868

#636666

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

#636370 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#62606f · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#5a6f6f · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #596e70;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596e70]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#596e70 (#596e70) is rgb(89, 110, 112) in RGB.

No, #596e70 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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