#596B59#596B59

#596B59 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.035 H 145.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B59
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(120, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(120, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 16.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, -10.62, 7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 13.22, 143.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% -0.0291 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.035 145)
XYZ	xyz(11.1803, 13.3603, 11.4390)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B59 #6B596B

analogous

#626B59 #596B59 #596B62

triadic

#596B59 #59596B #6B5959

tetradic

#596B59 #59626B #6B596B #6B6259

square

#596B59 #59626B #6B596B #6B6259

split-complementary

#596B59 #62596B #6B5962

monochromatic

#212821 #3D4A3D #596B59 #758C75 #96A896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#596B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#596B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B59

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B59	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69665A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.035 145.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889587',
    500: '#596b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b59;
$custom-light: #889587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50737,
    "c": 0.03547,
    "h": 145
  },
  "luminance": 0.13361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B59

secondary

#978997

accent

#76B2B2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B59

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

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