#596d7b

Color #596d7b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.12 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#596d7b

RGB

rgb(89, 109, 123)

HSL

hsl(204.7, 16%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.7, 27.6%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(44.93, -3.94, -10.21)

LCH

lch(44.93, 10.94, 248.9)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0326, 238.8)

HWB

hwb(204.7, 34.9%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b6759

Analogous

#597b78

#596d7b

#595c7b

Triadic

#596d7b

#7b596d

#6d7b59

Split-complementary

#596d7b

#7b595c

#7b7859

Tetradic

#596d7b

#67597b

#7b6759

#6d7b59

Square

#596d7b

#78597b

#7b6759

#5c7b59

Shades

Color #596d7b mixed toward black.

#4a5b67

#3b4952

#2d373e

#1e2429

#0f1215

Tints

Color #596d7b mixed toward white.

#6f8697

#8c9fac

#a9b7c0

#c5cfd5

#e2e7ea

Tones

Color #596d7b mixed toward gray.

#5c6d78

#5f6c75

#626c73

#646b70

#676b6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.9:1

White text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626278 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#616077 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#5a7575 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 9.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596d7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596d7b]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#596d7b (#596d7b) is rgb(89, 109, 123) in RGB.

No, #596d7b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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