#596B52#596B52

#596B52 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.044 H 137.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B52
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 82)
HSL	hsl(103, 13%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(103, 23%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 23.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, -11.97, 11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 16.83, 135.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% -0.0324 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.044 137)
XYZ	xyz(10.9002, 13.2482, 9.9639)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B52 #64526B

analogous

#666B52 #596B52 #526B58

triadic

#596B52 #52596B #6B5259

tetradic

#596B52 #52666B #64526B #6B5852

square

#596B52 #52666B #64526B #6B5852

split-complementary

#596B52 #58526B #6B5266

monochromatic

#1F261D #3C4837 #596B52 #768E6D #96A98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#596B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#596B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B52

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B52	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.044 137.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889582',
    500: '#596b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b52;
$custom-light: #889582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 103.2,
    "s": 13.228,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50549,
    "c": 0.04433,
    "h": 137
  },
  "luminance": 0.13248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B52

secondary

#918297

accent

#72B6A3

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B52

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

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