#596D55#596D55

#596D55 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.044 H 140.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D55
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 85)
HSL	hsl(110, 12%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(110, 22%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 22%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, -12.53, 11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 16.67, 138.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% -0.0341 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.044 140.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2278, 13.7168, 10.6486)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D55 #69556D

analogous

#656D55 #596D55 #556D5D

triadic

#596D55 #55596D #6D5559

tetradic

#596D55 #55656D #69556D #6D5D55

square

#596D55 #55656D #69556D #6D5D55

split-complementary

#596D55 #5D556D #6D5565

monochromatic

#21281F #3D4B3A #596D55 #758F70 #96AA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#596D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#596D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D55

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D55	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.044 140.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889785',
    500: '#596d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d55;
$custom-light: #889785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110,
    "s": 12.371,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51122,
    "c": 0.04421,
    "h": 140.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D55

secondary

#958599

accent

#73B5AA

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D55

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

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