#596D59#596D59

#596D59 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.039 H 145.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D59
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 89)
HSL	hsl(120, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(120, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, -11.75, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 14.65, 143.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.23% -0.0322 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(51.23% 0.039 145)
XYZ	xyz(11.3912, 13.7821, 11.5093)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D59 #6D596D

analogous

#636D59 #596D59 #596D63

triadic

#596D59 #59596D #6D5959

tetradic

#596D59 #59636D #6D596D #6D6359

square

#596D59 #59636D #6D596D #6D6359

split-complementary

#596D59 #63596D #6D5963

monochromatic

#222A22 #3D4B3D #596D59 #758E75 #97AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#596D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#596D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D59

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D59	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A675A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.039 145.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889788',
    500: '#596d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d59;
$custom-light: #889788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51229,
    "c": 0.03927,
    "h": 145
  },
  "luminance": 0.13782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D59

secondary

#998999

accent

#75B3B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D59

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

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