#596F59#596F59

#596F59 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.043 H 144.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F59
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 89)
HSL	hsl(120, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(120, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 19.8%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, -12.88, 9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 16.07, 143.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% -0.0352 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.043 144.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6070, 14.2137, 11.5812)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F59 #6F596F

analogous

#646F59 #596F59 #596F64

triadic

#596F59 #59596F #6F5959

tetradic

#596F59 #59646F #6F596F #6F6459

square

#596F59 #59646F #6F596F #6F6459

split-complementary

#596F59 #64596F #6F5964

monochromatic

#232B23 #3E4D3E #596F59 #759075 #97AC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#596F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#596F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F59

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F59	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C685A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.043 144.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889888',
    500: '#596f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f59;
$custom-light: #889888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51724,
    "c": 0.04303,
    "h": 144.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F59

secondary

#9A8A9A

accent

#74B4B4

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F59

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

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