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#596A76

#596a76 ≈ Dim Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#596a76 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.9% red, 41.57% green and 46.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.58% cyan, 10.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 53.73% black. Its hue angle is 204.83°, with 14.01% saturation and 40.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dim Gray (#696969), ΔE 8.32.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.1374

Complementary

  1. #596a76
  2. #766559

Split complementary

  1. #596a76
  2. #76595c
  3. #767459

Analogous

  1. #597674
  2. #596a76
  3. #595c76

Triadic

  1. #596a76
  2. #76596a
  3. #6a7659

Tetradic

  1. #596a76
  2. #655976
  3. #766559
  4. #6a7659

Square

  1. #596a76
  2. #745976
  3. #766559
  4. #5c7659

Monochromatic

  1. #171c1f
  2. #38434a
  3. #596a76
  4. #7e909e
  5. #a9b6bf

Shades

#596a76 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #596a76
  2. #505f6a
  3. #47555e
  4. #3e4a53
  5. #354047
  6. #2d353b
  7. #242a2f
  8. #1b2023
  9. #121518
  10. #090b0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#596a76 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #596a76
  2. #6a7984
  3. #7a8891
  4. #8b979f
  5. #9ba6ad
  6. #acb5bb
  7. #bdc3c8
  8. #cdd2d6
  9. #dee1e4
  10. #eef0f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#596a76 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #596a76
  2. #5d6c77
  3. #616e78
  4. #657179
  5. #69737a
  6. #6d757b
  7. #70777c
  8. #74797d
  9. #787c7e
  10. #7c7e7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #686868 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #62696e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #656a77 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #616676 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #516d6e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #606a76 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e6876 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #546c71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-596a76 {
  color: #596a76;
}
Background
.bg-596a76 {
  background-color: #596a76;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-596a76 {
  border: 2px solid #596a76;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #596a76;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 106 118;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 14% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-596a76 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #596a76, #595c76);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-596a76 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 106 118 / 0.35);
}

#696969 Dim Gray ΔE 8.32 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 8.32 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.14 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.14 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 9.93 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 10.03 #555555 Davy's Gray ΔE 10.72 #a69589 Inverted #686868 Grayscale 

Dim Gray
#596a76  rgb(89, 106, 118)  hsl(205, 14%, 41%)  Dim Gray
#766559  rgb(118, 101, 89)  hsl(25, 14%, 41%)  Umber
#76596a  rgb(118, 89, 106)  hsl(325, 14%, 41%)  Old Lavender
#6a7659  rgb(106, 118, 89)  hsl(85, 14%, 41%)  Xanadu