#596D61#596D61

#596D61 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.030 H 158.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D61
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 97)
HSL	hsl(144, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(144, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 11%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, -10.11, 4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 10.96, 157.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% -0.0284 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.03 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7456, 13.9239, 13.3757)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D61 #6D5965

analogous

#5B6D59 #596D61 #596D6B

triadic

#596D61 #61596D #6D6159

tetradic

#596D61 #595B6D #6D5965 #6D6B59

square

#596D61 #595B6D #6D5965 #6D6B59

split-complementary

#596D61 #6B596D #6D595B

monochromatic

#222A25 #3D4B43 #596D61 #758E7F #97AA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#596D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#596D61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D61

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D61	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.030 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88968d',
    500: '#596d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d61;
$custom-light: #88968d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5146,
    "c": 0.03043,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D61

secondary

#998992

accent

#759AB3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D61

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

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