#596C59#596C59

#596C59 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.037 H 145.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C59
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 89)
HSL	hsl(120, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(120, 18%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 17.6%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, -11.19, 8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 13.94, 143.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% -0.0306 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.037 145)
XYZ	xyz(11.2851, 13.5700, 11.4740)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C59 #6C596C

analogous

#626C59 #596C59 #596C62

triadic

#596C59 #59596C #6C5959

tetradic

#596C59 #59626C #6C596C #6C6259

square

#596C59 #59626C #6C596C #6C6259

split-complementary

#596C59 #62596C #6C5962

monochromatic

#222922 #3D4A3D #596C59 #758D75 #97A997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#596C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C59

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C59	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A665A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.037 145.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889688',
    500: '#596c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c59;
$custom-light: #889688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 9.645,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50983,
    "c": 0.03738,
    "h": 145
  },
  "luminance": 0.1357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C59

secondary

#988998

accent

#75B3B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C59

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

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