#596f72

Color #596f72

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.6 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#596f72

RGB

rgb(89, 111, 114)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 12.3%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 21.9%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(45.23, -7.37, -4.36)

LCH

lch(45.23, 8.56, 210.61)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0265, 206.47)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 34.9%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#725c59

Analogous

#597268

#596f72

#596272

Triadic

#596f72

#72596f

#6f7259

Split-complementary

#596f72

#725962

#726859

Tetradic

#596f72

#5c5972

#725c59

#6f7259

Square

#596f72

#685972

#725c59

#627259

Shades

Color #596f72 mixed toward black.

#4a5c5f

#3b4a4c

#2d3739

#1e2526

#0f1213

Tints

Color #596f72 mixed toward white.

#6f8b8f

#8ca2a5

#a9b9bc

#c6d1d2

#e2e8e9

Tones

Color #596f72 mixed toward gray.

#5b6d70

#5d6c6e

#5f6a6c

#61696a

#636768

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.94:1

White text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636371 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#626071 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#5a7171 · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #596f72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596f72]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#596f72 (#596f72) is rgb(89, 111, 114) in RGB.

No, #596f72 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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