#596E5F#596E5F

#596E5F is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.034 H 154.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E5F
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 95)
HSL	hsl(137, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(137, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 13.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.38, -11.10, 5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.38, 12.52, 152.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% -0.0308 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.034 154)
XYZ	xyz(11.7608, 14.1016, 12.9265)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E5F #6E5968

analogous

#5E6E59 #596E5F #596E6A

triadic

#596E5F #5F596E #6E5F59

tetradic

#596E5F #595E6E #6E5968 #6E6A59

square

#596E5F #595E6E #6E5968 #6E6A59

split-complementary

#596E5F #6A596E #6E595E

monochromatic

#222A25 #3E4C42 #596E5F #758F7C #97AB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#596E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#596E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E5F

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E5F	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)

#6E6A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.034 154.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88978c',
    500: '#596e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e5f;
$custom-light: #88978c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51646,
    "c": 0.03431,
    "h": 154
  },
  "luminance": 0.14102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E5F

secondary

#998995

accent

#74A1B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E5F

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

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