#596E59#596E59

#596E59 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.041 H 145.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E59
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 89)
HSL	hsl(120, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(120, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 19.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, -12.32, 9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 15.36, 143.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% -0.0337 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.041 145)
XYZ	xyz(11.4985, 13.9967, 11.5451)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E59 #6E596E

analogous

#646E59 #596E59 #596E64

triadic

#596E59 #59596E #6E5959

tetradic

#596E59 #59646E #6E596E #6E6459

square

#596E59 #59646E #6E596E #6E6459

split-complementary

#596E59 #64596E #6E5964

monochromatic

#222A22 #3E4C3E #596E59 #758F75 #97AB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#596E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#596E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E59

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E59	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B685A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.041 145.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889788',
    500: '#596e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e59;
$custom-light: #889788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51476,
    "c": 0.04115,
    "h": 145
  },
  "luminance": 0.13997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E59

secondary

#998999

accent

#74B3B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E59

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

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