#596B57#596B57

#596B57 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.038 H 142.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B57
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 87)
HSL	hsl(114, 10%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(114, 19%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 18.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, -11.02, 9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 14.23, 140.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% -0.03 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.038 142.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0974, 13.3271, 11.0027)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B57 #69576B

analogous

#636B57 #596B57 #576B5F

triadic

#596B57 #57596B #6B5759

tetradic

#596B57 #57636B #69576B #6B5F57

square

#596B57 #57636B #69576B #6B5F57

split-complementary

#596B57 #5F576B #6B5763

monochromatic

#212720 #3D493C #596B57 #758D72 #96A894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#596B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#596B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B57

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B57	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.038 142.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889586',
    500: '#596b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b57;
$custom-light: #889586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114,
    "s": 10.309,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50681,
    "c": 0.03793,
    "h": 142.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B57

secondary

#958797

accent

#75B3AD

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B57

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

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