#596F61#596F61

#596F61 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.034 H 157.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F61
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 97)
HSL	hsl(142, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(142, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 12.6%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, -11.24, 5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 12.35, 155.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% -0.0314 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.034 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9614, 14.3555, 13.4476)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F61 #6F5967

analogous

#5C6F59 #596F61 #596F6C

triadic

#596F61 #61596F #6F6159

tetradic

#596F61 #595C6F #6F5967 #6F6C59

square

#596F61 #595C6F #6F5967 #6F6C59

split-complementary

#596F61 #6C596F #6F595C

monochromatic

#232B26 #3E4D43 #596F61 #75907F #97AC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#596F61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#596F61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F61

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F61	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.034 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88988d',
    500: '#596f61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f61;
$custom-light: #88988d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.818,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5195,
    "c": 0.0341,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F61

secondary

#9A8A94

accent

#749DB4

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F61

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

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