#596B5F#596B5F

#596B5F is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.029 H 156.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B5F
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 95)
HSL	hsl(140, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(140, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 11.2%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, -9.39, 4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 10.40, 154.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% -0.0262 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.029 156.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4426, 13.4652, 12.8204)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B5F #6B5965

analogous

#5C6B59 #596B5F #596B68

triadic

#596B5F #5F596B #6B5F59

tetradic

#596B5F #595C6B #6B5965 #6B6859

square

#596B5F #595C6B #6B5965 #6B6859

split-complementary

#596B5F #68596B #6B595C

monochromatic

#212824 #3D4A41 #596B5F #758C7D #96A89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#596B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#596B5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B5F

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B5F	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)

#6B685E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.029 156.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88958c',
    500: '#596b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b5f;
$custom-light: #88958c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50911,
    "c": 0.0287,
    "h": 156.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B5F

secondary

#978992

accent

#769EB2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B5F

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

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