#596A56#596A56

#596A56 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.037 H 140.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A56
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 86)
HSL	hsl(111, 10%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(111, 19%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 18.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, -10.64, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 14.03, 139.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% -0.0289 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.037 140.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9532, 13.1036, 10.7545)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A56 #67566A

analogous

#636A56 #596A56 #566A5D

triadic

#596A56 #56596A #6A5659

tetradic

#596A56 #56636A #67566A #6A5D56

square

#596A56 #56636A #67566A #6A5D56

split-complementary

#596A56 #5D566A #6A5663

monochromatic

#20261F #3D483B #596A56 #758C71 #96A793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#596A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#596A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A56

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A56	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)

#6B6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.037 140.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889485',
    500: '#596a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a56;
$custom-light: #889485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111,
    "s": 10.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50408,
    "c": 0.0373,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A56

secondary

#948696

accent

#74B3AA

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A56

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

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