#596D5E#596D5E

#596D5E is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.034 H 152.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D5E
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 94)
HSL	hsl(135, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(135, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, -10.74, 5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 12.27, 151.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% -0.0298 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.034 152.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6083, 13.8690, 12.6529)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D5E #6D5968

analogous

#5E6D59 #596D5E #596D68

triadic

#596D5E #5E596D #6D5E59

tetradic

#596D5E #595E6D #6D5968 #6D6859

square

#596D5E #595E6D #6D5968 #6D6859

split-complementary

#596D5E #68596D #6D595E

monochromatic

#222A24 #3D4B41 #596D5E #758E7B #97AA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#596D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#596D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D5E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D5E	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A675F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.034 152.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88968b',
    500: '#596d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d5e;
$custom-light: #88968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51371,
    "c": 0.03351,
    "h": 152.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D5E

secondary

#998995

accent

#75A3B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D5E

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

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