#596F5A#596F5A

#596F5A is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.042 H 146.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F5A
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 90)
HSL	hsl(123, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(123, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 18.9%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, -12.68, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 15.58, 144.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% -0.0347 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.042 146.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6493, 14.2306, 11.8039)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F5A #6F596E

analogous

#636F59 #596F5A #596F65

triadic

#596F5A #5A596F #6F5A59

tetradic

#596F5A #59636F #6F596E #6F6559

square

#596F5A #59636F #6F596E #6F6559

split-complementary

#596F5A #65596F #6F5963

monochromatic

#232B23 #3E4D3E #596F5A #759076 #97AC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#596F5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#596F5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F5A

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F5A	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C685B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#576E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.042 146.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889888',
    500: '#596f5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f5a;
$custom-light: #889888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.727,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51751,
    "c": 0.04183,
    "h": 146.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F5A

secondary

#9A8A9A

accent

#74B1B4

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2EF

border

#CACCCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F5A

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

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