#596B61#596B61

#596B61 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.027 H 161.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B61
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 97)
HSL	hsl(147, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(147, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 9.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, -8.96, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 9.57, 159.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% -0.0253 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.027 161)
XYZ	xyz(11.5347, 13.5020, 13.3054)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B61 #6B5963

analogous

#5A6B59 #596B61 #596B6A

triadic

#596B61 #61596B #6B6159

tetradic

#596B61 #595A6B #6B5963 #6B6A59

square

#596B61 #595A6B #6B5963 #6B6A59

split-complementary

#596B61 #6A596B #6B595A

monochromatic

#212824 #3D4A43 #596B61 #758C7F #96A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#596B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#596B61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B61

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B61	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.027 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88958d',
    500: '#596b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b61;
$custom-light: #88958d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.667,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50972,
    "c": 0.02676,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.13502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B61

secondary

#978991

accent

#7697B2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B61

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

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