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Recognised as Colour

#596C46

  • #596C46
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#596C46 is a green with RGB values 89, 108, 70 and HSL 90°, 21%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#596C46#596C46
HEX#596C46
RGBrgb(89, 108, 70)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4235, 0.2745
RGB percentages34.9%, 42.4%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(90, 21.3%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90, 35.2%, 42.4%)
CMYK17.6%, 0%, 35.2%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,860,422
CSS custom property--colour: #596C46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#A693B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#706743no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D6648no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5A6962no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 12.4Dim grey · ΔE 24Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.8Gray · ΔE 26.1Sea green · ΔE 26.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59466C
Analogous#6C6C46, #466C46
Triadic#46596C, #6C4659
Split complementary#46466C, #6C466C
Tetradic#466C6C, #59466C, #6C4646

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFCDB1
Lighter +30%#A6B992
Lighter +20%#8CA573
Lighter +10%#728B5A
Darker −10%#404D32
Darker −20%#262E1E
Darker −30%#0C0F0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#598230
Less saturated −25%#595959

Channel breakdown

R89
G108
B70
Red89 (34.9%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue90°
Saturation (HSL)21.35%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6C · B 46

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