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Reposed Bì

#59735a
Notes

Reposed Bì (#59735A) is a true green with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (122°, 13%, 40%) places it in the muted band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#59735a
RGB
rgb(89, 115, 90)
HSL
hsl(122, 13%, 40%)
HWB
hwb(122 35% 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(52.7% 0.049 145.8)
P3
color(display-p3 0.3697 0.4480 0.3611)
HSV
hsv(122, 23%, 45%)
LAB
lab(45.80% -14.89 10.79)
LCH
lch(45.80% 18.39 144.07)
CMYK
cmyk(23%, 0%, 22%, 55%)

Etymology

Reposed
adjective

Latin repōnere, to put back — past-participle of repose. As a color modifier, reposed implies a hushed-and-restful-and-still quality where the hue carries the visual register of pre-modern monastic Cistercian-Cloister meditative-and-still interior-architecture. Sits at the hushed-and-still end of the grid, parallel to restful and contemplative in usage.

noun

The Chinese word for bluish-green jade — used for the deepest, most saturated jade-green color and the green of bì-yù (jadeite). The color refers to a polished imperial bì-yù cabochon: a saturated, slightly cool deep green-blue with the satin finish of fine jade. Cooler than midori.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#59735a
Original
#746e59
Protanopia
#706b5b
Deuteranopia
#56726c
Tritanopia
#6c6c6c
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon White
5.22:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
4.02:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##59735A
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.3697 0.4480 0.3611)
Inside sRGBOKLCH chroma 0.049

This color sits well within the sRGB cube. P3 and sRGB share the gray axis and most desaturated tones, so a P3 display renders this identically to an sRGB display.

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