Recognised as Colour
#596D2E
- #596D2E
- Green
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark olivegreen
#596D2E is a green with RGB values 89, 109, 46 and HSL 79°, 41%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.
Colour values
#596D2E#596D2E
HEX#596D2E
RGBrgb(89, 109, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4275, 0.1804
RGB percentages34.9%, 42.7%, 18%
HSLhsl(79, 40.6%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(79, 57.8%, 42.7%)
CMYK18.3%, 0%, 57.8%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,860,654
CSS custom property--colour: #596D2E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.13258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#A692D1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#422E6D
Analogous#6D612E, #3A6D2E
Triadic#2E596D, #6D2E59
Split complementary#2E3A6D, #612E6D
Tetradic#2E6D61, #422E6D, #6D2E3A
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R89
G109
B46
Red89 (34.9%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue79.05°
Saturation (HSL)40.65%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6D · B 2E
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