#596F5C#596F5C

#596F5C is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.040 H 148.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F5C
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 92)
HSL	hsl(128, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(128, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 17.1%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, -12.28, 7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 14.61, 147.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% -0.0338 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.04 148.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7355, 14.2651, 12.2583)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F5C #6F596C

analogous

#616F59 #596F5C #596F67

triadic

#596F5C #5C596F #6F5C59

tetradic

#596F5C #59616F #6F596C #6F6759

square

#596F5C #59616F #6F596C #6F6759

split-complementary

#596F5C #67596F #6F5961

monochromatic

#232B24 #3E4D40 #596F5C #759079 #97AC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#596F5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#596F5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F5C

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F5C	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C695D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.040 148.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88988a',
    500: '#596f5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f5c;
$custom-light: #88988a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.182,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51806,
    "c": 0.0395,
    "h": 148.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F5C

secondary

#9A8A98

accent

#74ABB4

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F5C

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

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