#596281#596281

#596281 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.051 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596281
RGB	rgb(89, 98, 129)
HSL	hsl(227, 18%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(227, 31%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 24%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, 4.30, -18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 18.91, 283.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.0017 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.051 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4489, 12.4438, 22.5106)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596281 #817859

analogous

#597681 #596281 #645981

triadic

#596281 #815962 #628159

tetradic

#596281 #815976 #817859 #598164

square

#596281 #815976 #817859 #598164

split-complementary

#596281 #816459 #768159

monochromatic

#272B39 #40465D #596281 #7680A1 #9BA2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#596281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#596281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596281

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596281	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 98, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.051 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898ea5',
    500: '#596281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596281;
$custom-light: #898ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.5,
    "s": 18.349,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50075,
    "c": 0.05083,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596281

secondary

#A8A28E

accent

#A96DBB

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#F0F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0C0F

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596281

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

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