#596B5E#596B5E

#596B5E is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.030 H 153.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B5E
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 94)
HSL	hsl(137, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(137, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 12.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, -9.60, 5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 10.85, 152.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% -0.0267 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.03 153.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3974, 13.4471, 12.5826)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B5E #6B5966

analogous

#5D6B59 #596B5E #596B67

triadic

#596B5E #5E596B #6B5E59

tetradic

#596B5E #595D6B #6B5966 #6B6759

square

#596B5E #595D6B #6B5966 #6B6759

split-complementary

#596B5E #67596B #6B595D

monochromatic

#212823 #3D4A41 #596B5E #758C7B #96A89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#596B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#596B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B5E

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B5E	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68665F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.030 153.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88958b',
    500: '#596b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b5e;
$custom-light: #88958b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.667,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50881,
    "c": 0.02974,
    "h": 153.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B5E

secondary

#978993

accent

#76A1B2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B5E

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

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