#596A86#596A86

#596A86 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.049 H 260.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A86
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 134)
HSL	hsl(217, 20%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(217, 34%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 0.80, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 17.55, 272.61°)
OKLab	oklab(52.13% -0.0083 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(52.13% 0.049 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5757, 14.1526, 24.5661)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A86 #867559

analogous

#598086 #596A86 #5E5986

triadic

#596A86 #86596A #6A8659

tetradic

#596A86 #865980 #867559 #59865E

square

#596A86 #865980 #867559 #59865E

split-complementary

#596A86 #865E59 #808659

monochromatic

#28303C #414D61 #596A86 #7789A5 #9CA9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#596A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#596A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A86

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A86	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.049 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994a9',
    500: '#596a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a86;
$custom-light: #8994a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 20.179,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52125,
    "c": 0.04904,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A86

secondary

#ABA190

accent

#9E6BBD

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A86

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

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