#596A82#596A82

#596A82 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.043 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A82
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 130)
HSL	hsl(215, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(215, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, -0.30, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 15.37, 268.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% -0.0097 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.043 257)
XYZ	xyz(13.3019, 14.0431, 23.1245)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A82 #827159

analogous

#597E82 #596A82 #5D5982

triadic

#596A82 #82596A #6A8259

tetradic

#596A82 #82597E #827159 #59825D

square

#596A82 #82597E #827159 #59825D

split-complementary

#596A82 #825D59 #7E8259

monochromatic

#272F39 #404C5E #596A82 #7788A2 #9BA8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#596A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#596A82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A82

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A82	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D6F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.043 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994a6',
    500: '#596a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a82;
$custom-light: #8994a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 18.721,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51951,
    "c": 0.04336,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.14044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A82

secondary

#A89E8E

accent

#9B6CBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A82

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

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