#596997#596997

#596997 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.075 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596997
RGB	rgb(89, 105, 151)
HSL	hsl(225, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(225, 41%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 6.28, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 27.72, 283.10°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% -0.0013 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.075 269)
XYZ	xyz(14.7556, 14.4606, 31.2858)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596997 #978759

analogous

#598897 #596997 #685997

triadic

#596997 #975969 #699759

tetradic

#596997 #975988 #978759 #599768

square

#596997 #975988 #978759 #599768

split-complementary

#596997 #976859 #889759

monochromatic

#2C334A #424E70 #596997 #7C8AB2 #A2ACC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#596997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596997

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596997	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#457279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 105, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.075 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a93b5',
    500: '#596997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596997;
$custom-light: #8a93b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.516,
    "s": 25.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52705,
    "c": 0.0754,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.14461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596997

secondary

#B6AE96

accent

#AA66C2

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596997

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

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