#596E4F#596E4F

#596E4F is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.054 H 135.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E4F
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 79)
HSL	hsl(101, 16%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(101, 28%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 28.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, -14.18, 14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 20.50, 133.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.22% -0.0385 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(51.22% 0.054 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1067, 13.8400, 9.4818)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E4F #644F6E

analogous

#696E4F #596E4F #4F6E55

triadic

#596E4F #4F596E #6E4F59

tetradic

#596E4F #4F696E #644F6E #6E554F

square

#596E4F #4F696E #644F6E #6E554F

split-complementary

#596E4F #554F6E #6E4F69

monochromatic

#1F271C #3C4A35 #596E4F #769269 #96AC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#596E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#596E4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E4F

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E4F	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.054 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889780',
    500: '#596e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e4f;
$custom-light: #889780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.645,
    "s": 16.402,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51222,
    "c": 0.05372,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E4F

secondary

#917F9A

accent

#6FB9A1

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E4F

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

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