#596E56#596E56

#596E56 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.045 H 141.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E56
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(113, 12%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(113, 22%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 21.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, -12.90, 10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 16.87, 139.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% -0.0351 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.045 141.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3751, 13.9473, 10.8951)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E56 #6B566E

analogous

#656E56 #596E56 #566E5F

triadic

#596E56 #56596E #6E5659

tetradic

#596E56 #56656E #6B566E #6E5F56

square

#596E56 #56656E #6B566E #6E5F56

split-complementary

#596E56 #5F566E #6E5665

monochromatic

#212920 #3D4C3B #596E56 #759071 #96AB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#596E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#596E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E56

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E56	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.045 141.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889785',
    500: '#596e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e56;
$custom-light: #889785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.5,
    "s": 12.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51396,
    "c": 0.04483,
    "h": 141.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E56

secondary

#978699

accent

#73B5AD

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E56

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

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