#596F5F#596F5F

#596F5F is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.036 H 153.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F5F
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 95)
HSL	hsl(136, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(136, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 14.4%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, -11.66, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 13.23, 151.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% -0.0324 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.036 153.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8693, 14.3186, 12.9627)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F5F #6F5969

analogous

#5E6F59 #596F5F #596F6A

triadic

#596F5F #5F596F #6F5F59

tetradic

#596F5F #595E6F #6F5969 #6F6A59

square

#596F5F #595E6F #6F5969 #6F6A59

split-complementary

#596F5F #6A596F #6F595E

monochromatic

#232B25 #3E4D42 #596F5F #75907C #97AC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#596F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#596F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F5F

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F5F	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)

#6F6B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.036 153.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88988c',
    500: '#596f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f5f;
$custom-light: #88988c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.364,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51891,
    "c": 0.03618,
    "h": 153.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F5F

secondary

#9A8A96

accent

#74A2B4

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F5F

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

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