#596E63#596E63

#596E63 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.030 H 162.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E63
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 99)
HSL	hsl(149, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(149, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 10%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, -10.24, 3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 10.84, 160.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% -0.029 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.03 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9473, 14.1762, 13.9088)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E63 #6E5964

analogous

#5A6E59 #596E63 #596E6E

triadic

#596E63 #63596E #6E6359

tetradic

#596E63 #595A6E #6E5964 #6E6E59

square

#596E63 #595A6E #6E5964 #6E6E59

split-complementary

#596E63 #6E596E #6E595A

monochromatic

#222A26 #3E4C45 #596E63 #758F81 #97ABA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#596E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#596E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E63

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E63	1.00	5.48	3.84	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6B62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.030 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88978f',
    500: '#596e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e63;
$custom-light: #88978f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.571,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51766,
    "c": 0.0304,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E63

secondary

#998992

accent

#7495B3

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E63

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

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