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Colour

#596A5E

  • #596A5E
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#596A5E is a green with RGB values 89, 106, 94 and HSL 138°, 9%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#596A5E#596A5E
HEX#596A5E
RGBrgb(89, 106, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4157, 0.3686
RGB percentages34.9%, 41.6%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(137.6, 8.7%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(137.6, 16%, 41.6%)
CMYK16%, 0%, 11.3%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,859,934
CSS custom property--colour: #596A5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.76:1
Contrast with white5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#A695A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A675Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#67655Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#576A66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 10.2Gray · ΔE 14.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.7Slate grey · ΔE 19.3Light slate grey · ΔE 21.4Cadetblue · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A5965
Analogous#5D6A59, #596A67
Triadic#5E596A, #6A5E59
Split complementary#67596A, #6A595D
Tetradic#595D6A, #6A5965, #6A6759

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3CCC6
Lighter +30%#A7B5AB
Lighter +20%#8B9E91
Lighter +10%#708677
Darker −10%#424E45
Darker −20%#2A332D
Darker −30%#131714
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#418254
Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R89
G106
B94
Red89 (34.9%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue137.65°
Saturation (HSL)8.72%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6A · B 5E

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