#596F62#596F62

#596F62 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.033 H 159.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F62
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 98)
HSL	hsl(145, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(145, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 11.7%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, -11.03, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 11.93, 157.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% -0.0309 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.033 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0083, 14.3742, 13.6947)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F62 #6F5966

analogous

#5B6F59 #596F62 #596F6D

triadic

#596F62 #62596F #6F6259

tetradic

#596F62 #595B6F #6F5966 #6F6D59

square

#596F62 #595B6F #6F5966 #6F6D59

split-complementary

#596F62 #6D596F #6F595B

monochromatic

#232B26 #3E4D44 #596F62 #759080 #97AC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#596F62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#596F62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F62

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F62	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)

#6F6C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.033 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88988e',
    500: '#596f62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f62;
$custom-light: #88988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.545,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5198,
    "c": 0.03312,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F62

secondary

#9A8A93

accent

#749AB4

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F62

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

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