#596F55#596F55

#596F55 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.048 H 140.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F55
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 85)
HSL	hsl(111, 13%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(111, 23%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 23.4%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, -13.64, 11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 18.08, 138.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% -0.0371 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.048 140.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4436, 14.1483, 10.7206)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F55 #6B556F

analogous

#666F55 #596F55 #556F5E

triadic

#596F55 #55596F #6F5559

tetradic

#596F55 #55666F #6B556F #6F5E55

square

#596F55 #55666F #6B556F #6F5E55

split-complementary

#596F55 #5E556F #6F5566

monochromatic

#212A20 #3D4C3A #596F55 #759170 #96AC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#596F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#596F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F55

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F55	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)

#716A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.048 140.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889885',
    500: '#596f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f55;
$custom-light: #889885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.769,
    "s": 13.265,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51619,
    "c": 0.04794,
    "h": 140.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F55

secondary

#97869A

accent

#72B6AC

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F55

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

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