#596E62#596E62

#596E62 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.031 H 160.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E62
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 98)
HSL	hsl(146, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(146, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 10.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, -10.46, 4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 11.24, 158.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% -0.0294 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.031 160)
XYZ	xyz(11.8998, 14.1572, 13.6586)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E62 #6E5965

analogous

#5B6E59 #596E62 #596E6D

triadic

#596E62 #62596E #6E6259

tetradic

#596E62 #595B6E #6E5965 #6E6D59

square

#596E62 #595B6E #6E5965 #6E6D59

split-complementary

#596E62 #6D596E #6E595B

monochromatic

#222A26 #3E4C44 #596E62 #758F80 #97AB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#596E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#596E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E62

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E62	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.031 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88978e',
    500: '#596e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e62;
$custom-light: #88978e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.714,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51735,
    "c": 0.03131,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.14158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E62

secondary

#998993

accent

#7498B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E62

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

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