#596D51#596D51

#596D51 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.049 H 136.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D51
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 81)
HSL	hsl(103, 15%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(103, 26%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 25.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, -13.27, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 18.76, 135.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% -0.036 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.049 136.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0733, 13.6550, 9.8353)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D51 #65516D

analogous

#676D51 #596D51 #516D57

triadic

#596D51 #51596D #6D5159

tetradic

#596D51 #51676D #65516D #6D5751

square

#596D51 #51676D #65516D #6D5751

split-complementary

#596D51 #57516D #6D5167

monochromatic

#20271D #3C4A37 #596D51 #76906B #96AB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#596D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#596D51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D51

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D51	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F694F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.049 136.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889782',
    500: '#596d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d51;
$custom-light: #889782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102.857,
    "s": 14.737,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51021,
    "c": 0.04932,
    "h": 136.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D51

secondary

#928199

accent

#70B8A3

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF2EE

border

#CACCC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D51

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

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