#596B53#596B53

#596B53 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.043 H 137.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B53
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 83)
HSL	hsl(105, 13%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(105, 22%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 22.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, -11.78, 11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 16.30, 136.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% -0.0319 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.043 137.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9385, 13.2636, 10.1658)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B53 #65536B

analogous

#656B53 #596B53 #536B59

triadic

#596B53 #53596B #6B5359

tetradic

#596B53 #53656B #65536B #6B5953

square

#596B53 #53656B #65536B #6B5953

split-complementary

#596B53 #59536B #6B5365

monochromatic

#20261E #3C4938 #596B53 #768D6E #96A990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#596B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#596B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B53

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B53	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)

#6D6752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.043 137.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889583',
    500: '#596b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b53;
$custom-light: #889583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 12.632,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50575,
    "c": 0.04303,
    "h": 137.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B53

secondary

#928397

accent

#72B5A5

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B53

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

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