#596F4F#596F4F

#596F4F is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.056 H 136.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F4F
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 79)
HSL	hsl(101, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(101, 29%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 28.8%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, -14.74, 15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 21.19, 134.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% -0.04 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.056 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2152, 14.0570, 9.5180)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F4F #654F6F

analogous

#696F4F #596F4F #4F6F55

triadic

#596F4F #4F596F #6F4F59

tetradic

#596F4F #4F696F #654F6F #6F554F

square

#596F4F #4F696F #654F6F #6F554F

split-complementary

#596F4F #554F6F #6F4F69

monochromatic

#20271C #3C4B36 #596F4F #769368 #96AD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#596F4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#596F4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F4F

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F4F	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)

#716A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.056 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889880',
    500: '#596f4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f4f;
$custom-light: #889880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 101.25,
    "s": 16.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51472,
    "c": 0.05553,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F4F

secondary

#927F9A

accent

#6EBAA2

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F4F

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

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