#596F5E#596F5E

#596F5E is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.037 H 151.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F5E
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 94)
HSL	hsl(134, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(134, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 15.3%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, -11.87, 6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 13.68, 150.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% -0.0328 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.037 151.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8241, 14.3006, 12.7248)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F5E #6F596A

analogous

#5F6F59 #596F5E #596F69

triadic

#596F5E #5E596F #6F5E59

tetradic

#596F5E #595F6F #6F596A #6F6959

square

#596F5E #595F6F #6F596A #6F6959

split-complementary

#596F5E #69596F #6F595F

monochromatic

#232B24 #3E4D41 #596F5E #75907B #97AC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#596F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#596F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F5E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F5E	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B695F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.037 151.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88988b',
    500: '#596f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f5e;
$custom-light: #88988b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.636,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51863,
    "c": 0.03725,
    "h": 151.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F5E

secondary

#9A8A96

accent

#74A5B4

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F5E

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

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