#596B5B#596B5B

#596B5B is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.033 H 148.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B5B
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 91)
HSL	hsl(127, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(127, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 15%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, -10.22, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 12.24, 146.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% -0.0281 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.033 148.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2654, 13.3943, 11.8873)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B5B #6B5969

analogous

#606B59 #596B5B #596B64

triadic

#596B5B #5B596B #6B5B59

tetradic

#596B5B #59606B #6B5969 #6B6459

square

#596B5B #59606B #6B5969 #6B6459

split-complementary

#596B5B #64596B #6B5960

monochromatic

#212822 #3D4A3F #596B5B #758C78 #96A898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#596B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#596B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B5B

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B5B	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)

#6C685A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68665C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.033 148.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889589',
    500: '#596b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b5b;
$custom-light: #889589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.667,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50793,
    "c": 0.0331,
    "h": 148.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B5B

secondary

#978995

accent

#76ABB2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B5B

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

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