#596E5E#596E5E

#596E5E is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.035 H 152.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E5E
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 94)
HSL	hsl(134, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(134, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 14.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, -11.31, 6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 12.97, 150.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% -0.0313 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.035 152.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7156, 14.0836, 12.6886)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E5E #6E5969

analogous

#5F6E59 #596E5E #596E69

triadic

#596E5E #5E596E #6E5E59

tetradic

#596E5E #595F6E #6E5969 #6E6959

square

#596E5E #595F6E #6E5969 #6E6959

split-complementary

#596E5E #69596E #6E595F

monochromatic

#222A24 #3E4C41 #596E5E #758F7B #97AB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#596E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#596E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E5E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E5E	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A685F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.035 152.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88978b',
    500: '#596e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e5e;
$custom-light: #88978b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.286,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51617,
    "c": 0.03539,
    "h": 152.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E5E

secondary

#998996

accent

#74A4B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E5E

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

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