#595B8A#595B8A

#595B8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.075 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#595B8A
RGB	rgb(89, 91, 138)
HSL	hsl(238, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(238, 36%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.31, 11.18, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.31, 28.61, 293.01°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.0148 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.075 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4471, 11.4406, 25.5923)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#595B8A #8A8859

analogous

#59748A #595B8A #70598A

triadic

#595B8A #8A595B #5B8A59

tetradic

#595B8A #8A5974 #8A8859 #598A70

square

#595B8A #8A5974 #8A8859 #598A70

split-complementary

#595B8A #8A7059 #748A59

monochromatic

#292A40 #414265 #595B8A #787AA8 #9D9FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#595B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#595B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #595B8A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##595B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##595B8A	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D618C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C646C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #595b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 91, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.075 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8989ac',
    500: '#595b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #595b8a;
$custom-light: #8989ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#595b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.551,
    "s": 21.586,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48967,
    "c": 0.07495,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#595B8A

secondary

#AEAD91

accent

#BB6ABE

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#F0F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0B10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #595B8A

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

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