#596E61#596E61

#596E61 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.032 H 157.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E61
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 97)
HSL	hsl(143, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(143, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 11.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, -10.67, 4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 11.66, 156.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% -0.0299 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.032 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8529, 14.1385, 13.4114)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E61 #6E5966

analogous

#5C6E59 #596E61 #596E6C

triadic

#596E61 #61596E #6E6159

tetradic

#596E61 #595C6E #6E5966 #6E6C59

square

#596E61 #595C6E #6E5966 #6E6C59

split-complementary

#596E61 #6C596E #6E595C

monochromatic

#222A25 #3E4C43 #596E61 #758F7F #97AB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#596E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#596E61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E61

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E61	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.032 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88978d',
    500: '#596e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e61;
$custom-light: #88978d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.857,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51705,
    "c": 0.03226,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E61

secondary

#998993

accent

#749BB3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E61

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

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