#596D57#596D57

#596D57 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.042 H 142.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D57
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 87)
HSL	hsl(115, 11%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(115, 20%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 20.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, -12.15, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 15.65, 140.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% -0.0331 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.042 142.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3084, 13.7490, 11.0730)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D57 #6B576D

analogous

#646D57 #596D57 #576D60

triadic

#596D57 #57596D #6D5759

tetradic

#596D57 #57646D #6B576D #6D6057

square

#596D57 #57646D #6B576D #6D6057

split-complementary

#596D57 #60576D #6D5764

monochromatic

#212921 #3D4B3C #596D57 #758F72 #96AA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#596D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#596D57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D57

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D57	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.042 142.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889786',
    500: '#596d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d57;
$custom-light: #889786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.545,
    "s": 11.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51175,
    "c": 0.04171,
    "h": 142.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D57

secondary

#978799

accent

#74B4AE

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D57

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

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