#596E50#596E50

#596E50 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.052 H 136.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E50
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 80)
HSL	hsl(102, 16%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(102, 27%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 27.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, -14.01, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 19.98, 134.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% -0.038 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.052 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1434, 13.8547, 9.6750)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E50 #65506E

analogous

#686E50 #596E50 #506E56

triadic

#596E50 #50596E #6E5059

tetradic

#596E50 #50686E #65506E #6E5650

square

#596E50 #50686E #65506E #6E5650

split-complementary

#596E50 #56506E #6E5068

monochromatic

#20271C #3C4B36 #596E50 #76916A #96AC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#596E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#596E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E50

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E50	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)

#70694E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.052 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889781',
    500: '#596e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e50;
$custom-light: #889781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51246,
    "c": 0.05244,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E50

secondary

#92809A

accent

#6FB9A3

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E50

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

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