#596F4E#596F4E

#596F4E is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.057 H 135.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F4E
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 78)
HSL	hsl(100, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(100, 30%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 29.7%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, -14.91, 15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 21.72, 133.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% -0.0405 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.057 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1791, 14.0426, 9.3278)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F4E #644E6F

analogous

#6A6F4E #596F4E #4E6F54

triadic

#596F4E #4E596F #6F4E59

tetradic

#596F4E #4E6A6F #644E6F #6F544E

square

#596F4E #4E6A6F #644E6F #6F544E

split-complementary

#596F4E #544E6F #6F4E6A

monochromatic

#1F271B #3C4B35 #596F4E #769367 #96AD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#596F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#596F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F4E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F4E	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.057 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88987f',
    500: '#596f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f4e;
$custom-light: #88987f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51448,
    "c": 0.05681,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F4E

secondary

#917E9A

accent

#6EBAA1

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F4E

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

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