#596A87#596A87

#596A87 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.050 H 261.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A87
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 135)
HSL	hsl(218, 21%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(218, 34%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 1.08, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 18.10, 273.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% -0.0079 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.05 261)
XYZ	xyz(13.6457, 14.1806, 24.9351)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A87 #877659

analogous

#598187 #596A87 #5F5987

triadic

#596A87 #87596A #6A8759

tetradic

#596A87 #875981 #877659 #59875F

square

#596A87 #875981 #877659 #59875F

split-complementary

#596A87 #875F59 #818759

monochromatic

#28303D #414D62 #596A87 #7889A6 #9CA9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#596A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#596A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A87

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A87	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.050 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994aa',
    500: '#596a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a87;
$custom-light: #8994aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 20.536,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5217,
    "c": 0.05048,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.14181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A87

secondary

#ACA290

accent

#9F6BBD

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A87

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

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