#596a66

Color #596a66

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.36 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#596a66

RGB

rgb(89, 106, 102)

HSL

hsl(165.9, 8.7%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(165.9, 16%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 0%, 3.8%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(43.35, -7.28, 0.1)

LCH

lch(43.35, 7.28, 179.21)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0215, 179.47)

HWB

hwb(165.9, 34.9%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a595d

Analogous

#596a5d

#596a66

#59656a

Triadic

#596a66

#66596a

#6a6659

Split-complementary

#596a66

#6a5965

#6a5d59

Tetradic

#596a66

#595d6a

#6a595d

#6a6659

Square

#596a66

#5d596a

#6a595d

#656a59

Shades

Color #596a66 mixed toward black.

#4a5855

#3b4744

#2c3533

#1e2322

#0f1211

Tints

Color #596a66 mixed toward white.

#718681

#8d9f9b

#a9b7b4

#c6cfcd

#e2e7e6

Tones

Color #596a66 mixed toward gray.

#5a6865

#5c6764

#5d6664

#5f6463

#606362

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616167 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#605e67 · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#5a6868 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 8.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596a66;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596a66]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#596a66 (#596a66) is rgb(89, 106, 102) in RGB.

No, #596a66 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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