#596b4e

Color #596b4e

A muted dark green.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 17.63 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#596b4e

RGB

rgb(89, 107, 78)

HSL

hsl(97.2, 15.7%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(97.2, 27.1%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 27.1%, 58%)

LAB

lab(43.05, -12.69, 14.09)

LCH

lch(43.05, 18.96, 132.01)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.0495, 133.85)

HWB

hwb(97.2, 30.6%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#604e6b

Analogous

#686b4e

#596b4e

#4e6b52

Triadic

#596b4e

#4e596b

#6b4e59

Split-complementary

#596b4e

#524e6b

#6b4e68

Tetradic

#596b4e

#4e6b60

#604e6b

#6b4e59

Square

#596b4e

#4e686b

#604e6b

#6b524e

Shades

Color #596b4e mixed toward black.

#4a5941

#3b4734

#2d3627

#1e241a

#0f120d

Tints

Color #596b4e mixed toward white.

#738a65

#8fa482

#abbba1

#c7d1c0

#e3e8e0

Tones

Color #596b4e mixed toward gray.

#5a6950

#5a6653

#5b6455

#5b6158

#5c5f5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.64:1

White text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616156 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#605f58 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#5a5c5d · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 15.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596b4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596b4e]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#596b4e (#596b4e) is rgb(89, 107, 78) in RGB.

No, #596b4e 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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