#596A60#596A60

#596A60 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.026 H 159.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A60
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 96)
HSL	hsl(145, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(145, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 9.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, -8.60, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 9.28, 157.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% -0.0242 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.026 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3847, 13.2762, 13.0268)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A60 #6A5963

analogous

#5A6A59 #596A60 #596A68

triadic

#596A60 #60596A #6A6059

tetradic

#596A60 #595A6A #6A5963 #6A6859

square

#596A60 #595A6A #6A5963 #6A6859

split-complementary

#596A60 #68596A #6A595A

monochromatic

#212724 #3D4942 #596A60 #758B7E #96A79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#596A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#596A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A60

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A60	1.00	5.75	3.66	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.026 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88948d',
    500: '#596a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a60;
$custom-light: #88948d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.706,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50698,
    "c": 0.02585,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A60

secondary

#968991

accent

#7699B2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A60

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

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