#596E5B#596E5B

#596E5B is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.039 H 147.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E5B
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 91)
HSL	hsl(126, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(126, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 17.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, -11.92, 8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 14.38, 145.95°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% -0.0327 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.039 147.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5836, 14.0308, 11.9934)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E5B #6E596C

analogous

#626E59 #596E5B #596E66

triadic

#596E5B #5B596E #6E5B59

tetradic

#596E5B #59626E #6E596C #6E6659

square

#596E5B #59626E #6E596C #6E6659

split-complementary

#596E5B #66596E #6E5962

monochromatic

#222A23 #3E4C3F #596E5B #758F77 #97AB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#596E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#596E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E5B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E5B	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B685C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.039 147.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889789',
    500: '#596e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e5b;
$custom-light: #889789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.714,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51531,
    "c": 0.03877,
    "h": 147.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E5B

secondary

#998998

accent

#74ADB3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E5B

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

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