#596A55#596A55

#596A55 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.039 H 139.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A55
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 85)
HSL	hsl(109, 11%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(109, 20%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 19.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, -10.84, 9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 14.55, 138.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% -0.0294 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.039 139.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9132, 13.0876, 10.5438)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A55 #66556A

analogous

#646A55 #596A55 #556A5B

triadic

#596A55 #55596A #6A5559

tetradic

#596A55 #55646A #66556A #6A5B55

square

#596A55 #55646A #66556A #6A5B55

split-complementary

#596A55 #5B556A #6A5564

monochromatic

#20261F #3C483A #596A55 #768C70 #96A892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#596A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#596A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A55

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A55	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.039 139.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889485',
    500: '#596a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a55;
$custom-light: #889485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108.571,
    "s": 10.995,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50381,
    "c": 0.03857,
    "h": 139.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A55

secondary

#938596

accent

#74B4A8

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A55

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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