#596A85#596A85

#596A85 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.048 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#596A85
RGBrgb(89, 106, 133)
HSLhsl(217, 20%, 44%)
HSVhsv(217, 33%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(33.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LABlab(44.41, 0.52, -16.99)
CIE-LCHlch(44.41, 17.00, 271.76°)
OKLaboklab(52.08% -0.0086 -0.0468)
OKLCHoklch(52.08% 0.048 259.6)
XYZxyz(13.5062, 14.1248, 24.2005)
Luminance0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#596A85 #857459
analogous
#598085 #596A85 #5E5985
triadic
#596A85 #85596A #6A8559
tetradic
#596A85 #855980 #857459 #59855E
square
#596A85 #855980 #857459 #59855E
split-complementary
#596A85 #855E59 #808559
monochromatic
#28303C #404D60 #596A85 #7788A4 #9CA8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49
#596A85 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82
#596A85 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A85
5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##596A85#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##596A851.005.493.825.49
#FFFFFF5.491.0021.001.00
#0000003.8221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.491.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#616B86
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C6784
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4C7073
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #596a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.048 259.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994a8',
    500: '#596a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #596a85;
$custom-light: #8994a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#596a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.818,
    "s": 19.82,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52081,
    "c": 0.04761,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#596A85
secondary
#ABA08F
accent
#9D6BBC
background
#F8F9FA
surface
#F0F1F4
border
#CBCBCE
text
#0B0D0F
muted
#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

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#596A85 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva