#596460

Color #596460

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.01 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#596460

RGB

rgb(89, 100, 96)

HSL

hsl(158.2, 5.8%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(158.2, 11%, 39.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 0%, 4%, 60.8%)

LAB

lab(41.35, -5.1, 0.83)

LCH

lch(41.35, 5.17, 170.76)

OKLCH

oklch(49.3%, 0.0149, 171.92)

HWB

hwb(158.2, 34.9%, 60.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#64595d

Analogous

#59645b

#596460

#596364

Triadic

#596460

#605964

#646059

Split-complementary

#596460

#645963

#645b59

Tetradic

#596460

#595d64

#64595d

#646059

Square

#596460

#5b5964

#64595d

#636459

Shades

Color #596460 mixed toward black.

#4a5350

#3b4340

#2d3230

#1e2120

#0f1110

Tints

Color #596460 mixed toward white.

#72807b

#8e9a96

#aab3b0

#c6cdca

#e3e6e5

Tones

Color #596460 mixed toward gray.

#5a6360

#5b6260

#5c615f

#5d605f

#5e605f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e61 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#5d5c61 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#5a6262 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 6.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #596460;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596460]

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Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#596460 (#596460) is rgb(89, 100, 96) in RGB.

No, #596460 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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