#596D5F#596D5F

#596D5F is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.032 H 154.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D5F
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 95)
HSL	hsl(138, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(138, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 12.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, -10.53, 5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 11.82, 153.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% -0.0293 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.032 154.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6535, 13.8871, 12.8907)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D5F #6D5967

analogous

#5D6D59 #596D5F #596D69

triadic

#596D5F #5F596D #6D5F59

tetradic

#596D5F #595D6D #6D5967 #6D6959

square

#596D5F #595D6D #6D5967 #6D6959

split-complementary

#596D5F #69596D #6D595D

monochromatic

#222A24 #3D4B42 #596D5F #758E7D #97AA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#596D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#596D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D5F

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D5F	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.032 154.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88968c',
    500: '#596d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d5f;
$custom-light: #88968c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.514,
    "c": 0.03244,
    "h": 154.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D5F

secondary

#998994

accent

#75A0B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D5F

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

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