#596E60#596E60

#596E60 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.033 H 155.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E60
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 96)
HSL	hsl(140, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(140, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, -10.89, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 12.08, 154.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% -0.0304 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.033 155.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8065, 14.1199, 13.1674)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E60 #6E5967

analogous

#5D6E59 #596E60 #596E6B

triadic

#596E60 #60596E #6E6059

tetradic

#596E60 #595D6E #6E5967 #6E6B59

square

#596E60 #595D6E #6E5967 #6E6B59

split-complementary

#596E60 #6B596E #6E595D

monochromatic

#222A25 #3E4C42 #596E60 #758F7E #97AB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#596E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#596E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E60

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E60	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.033 155.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88978d',
    500: '#596e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e60;
$custom-light: #88978d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51675,
    "c": 0.03328,
    "h": 155.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E60

secondary

#998994

accent

#749EB3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E60

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

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