#596A84#596A84

#596A84 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.046 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A84
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 132)
HSL	hsl(216, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(216, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, 0.25, -16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 16.45, 270.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% -0.009 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.046 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4375, 14.0973, 23.8384)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A84 #847359

analogous

#597F84 #596A84 #5D5984

triadic

#596A84 #84596A #6A8459

tetradic

#596A84 #84597F #847359 #59845D

square

#596A84 #84597F #847359 #59845D

split-complementary

#596A84 #845D59 #7F8459

monochromatic

#282F3B #404D5F #596A84 #7788A3 #9BA8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#596A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#596A84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A84

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A84	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616B85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C6F73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.046 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994a7',
    500: '#596a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a84;
$custom-light: #8994a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.279,
    "s": 19.457,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52038,
    "c": 0.04618,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A84

secondary

#AA9F8F

accent

#9C6CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A84

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

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