#596C55#596C55

#596C55 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.042 H 140.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C55
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 85)
HSL	hsl(110, 12%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(110, 21%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 21.3%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, -11.97, 10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 15.97, 138.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% -0.0325 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.042 140.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1217, 13.5046, 10.6133)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C55 #68556C

analogous

#646C55 #596C55 #556C5C

triadic

#596C55 #55596C #6C5559

tetradic

#596C55 #55646C #68556C #6C5C55

square

#596C55 #55646C #68556C #6C5C55

split-complementary

#596C55 #5C556C #6C5564

monochromatic

#21281F #3D4A3A #596C55 #758E70 #96A992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#596C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#596C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C55

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C55	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.042 140.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889685',
    500: '#596c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c55;
$custom-light: #889685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.565,
    "s": 11.917,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50875,
    "c": 0.04234,
    "h": 140.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C55

secondary

#958598

accent

#73B5A9

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C55

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

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