#56597E#56597E

#56597E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.060 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56597E
RGB	rgb(86, 89, 126)
HSL	hsl(236, 19%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 32%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.95, 8.10, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.95, 22.67, 290.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% 0.0107 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.06 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1750, 10.6292, 21.1975)
Luminance	0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56597E #7E7B56

analogous

#566D7E #56597E #67567E

triadic

#56597E #7E5659 #597E56

tetradic

#56597E #7E566D #7E7B56 #567E67

square

#56597E #7E566D #7E7B56 #567E67

split-complementary

#56597E #7E6756 #6D7E56

monochromatic

#242635 #3D3F5A #56597E #72769F #9799B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#56597E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#56597E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56597E

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56597E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56597E	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C6066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56597e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 89, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.060 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8787a3',
    500: '#56597e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56597e;
$custom-light: #8787a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56597e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 18.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4767,
    "c": 0.05966,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56597E

secondary

#A6A38A

accent

#B66CBC

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFEFF4

border

#CACACE

text

#0B0B0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56597E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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