#596E57#596E57

#596E57 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.044 H 142.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E57
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(115, 12%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(115, 21%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 20.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, -12.71, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 16.36, 140.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% -0.0346 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.044 142.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4156, 13.9636, 11.1088)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E57 #6C576E

analogous

#646E57 #596E57 #576E60

triadic

#596E57 #57596E #6E5759

tetradic

#596E57 #57646E #6C576E #6E6057

square

#596E57 #57646E #6C576E #6E6057

split-complementary

#596E57 #60576E #6E5764

monochromatic

#222A21 #3D4C3C #596E57 #759072 #97AB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#596E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#596E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E57

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E57	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)

#6F6A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.044 142.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889786',
    500: '#596e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e57;
$custom-light: #889786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.783,
    "s": 11.675,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51423,
    "c": 0.04359,
    "h": 142.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E57

secondary

#988799

accent

#73B5AF

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E57

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

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