#596B51#596B51

#596B51 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.046 H 136.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B51
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 81)
HSL	hsl(102, 14%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(102, 24%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 24.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, -12.15, 12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 17.36, 134.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% -0.0329 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.046 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8624, 13.2331, 9.7649)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B51 #63516B

analogous

#666B51 #596B51 #516B56

triadic

#596B51 #51596B #6B5159

tetradic

#596B51 #51666B #63516B #6B5651

square

#596B51 #51666B #63516B #6B5651

split-complementary

#596B51 #56516B #6B5166

monochromatic

#1F251C #3C4837 #596B51 #768E6B #96A98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#596B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#596B51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B51

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B51	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D674F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.046 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889582',
    500: '#596b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b51;
$custom-light: #889582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 101.538,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50524,
    "c": 0.04563,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B51

secondary

#908197

accent

#71B7A1

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B51

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

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