#596B5A#596B5A

#596B5A is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.034 H 146.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B5A
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 90)
HSL	hsl(123, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(123, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 15.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, -10.42, 7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 12.73, 144.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% -0.0286 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.034 146.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2226, 13.3772, 11.6617)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B5A #6B596A

analogous

#616B59 #596B5A #596B63

triadic

#596B5A #5A596B #6B5A59

tetradic

#596B5A #59616B #6B596A #6B6359

square

#596B5A #59616B #6B596A #6B6359

split-complementary

#596B5A #63596B #6B5961

monochromatic

#212822 #3D4A3E #596B5A #758C76 #96A897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#596B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#596B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B5A

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B5A	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69665B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.034 146.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889588',
    500: '#596b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b5a;
$custom-light: #889588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.333,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50765,
    "c": 0.03427,
    "h": 146.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B5A

secondary

#978996

accent

#76AFB2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B5A

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

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