#596A57#596A57

#596A57 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.036 H 142.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A57
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 87)
HSL	hsl(114, 10%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(114, 18%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 17.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, -10.45, 8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 13.51, 140.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% -0.0285 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.036 142.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9938, 13.1198, 10.9681)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A57 #68576A

analogous

#626A57 #596A57 #576A5E

triadic

#596A57 #57596A #6A5759

tetradic

#596A57 #57626A #68576A #6A5E57

square

#596A57 #57626A #68576A #6A5E57

split-complementary

#596A57 #5E576A #6A5762

monochromatic

#212720 #3D483B #596A57 #758C73 #96A794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#596A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#596A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A57

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A57	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.036 142.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889486',
    500: '#596a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a57;
$custom-light: #889486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.684,
    "s": 9.845,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50435,
    "c": 0.03603,
    "h": 142.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A57

secondary

#958796

accent

#75B3AC

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A57

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

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