#596D56#596D56

#596D56 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.043 H 141.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D56
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 86)
HSL	hsl(112, 12%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(112, 21%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 21.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, -12.34, 10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 16.16, 139.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% -0.0336 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.043 141.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2678, 13.7328, 10.8593)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D56 #6A566D

analogous

#646D56 #596D56 #566D5E

triadic

#596D56 #56596D #6D5659

tetradic

#596D56 #56646D #6A566D #6D5E56

square

#596D56 #56646D #6A566D #6D5E56

split-complementary

#596D56 #5E566D #6D5664

monochromatic

#212920 #3D4B3B #596D56 #758F71 #96AA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#596D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#596D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D56

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D56	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.043 141.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889785',
    500: '#596d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d56;
$custom-light: #889785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.174,
    "s": 11.795,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51149,
    "c": 0.04296,
    "h": 141.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D56

secondary

#968699

accent

#73B5AC

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D56

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

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