#596D5B#596D5B

#596D5B is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.037 H 147.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D5B
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 91)
HSL	hsl(126, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(126, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 16.5%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, -11.35, 7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 13.67, 146.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% -0.0312 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.037 147.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4763, 13.8162, 11.9576)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D5B #6D596B

analogous

#616D59 #596D5B #596D65

triadic

#596D5B #5B596D #6D5B59

tetradic

#596D5B #59616D #6D596B #6D6559

square

#596D5B #59616D #6D596B #6D6559

split-complementary

#596D5B #65596D #6D5961

monochromatic

#222A23 #3D4B3F #596D5B #758E77 #97AA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#596D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#596D5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D5B

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D5B	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E695A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A675C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.037 147.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889689',
    500: '#596d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d5b;
$custom-light: #889689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51285,
    "c": 0.03689,
    "h": 147.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D5B

secondary

#998997

accent

#75ADB3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D5B

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

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