#596A88#596A88

#596A88 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.052 H 261.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A88
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 136)
HSL	hsl(218, 21%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(218, 35%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 22.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 1.35, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 18.65, 274.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.22% -0.0075 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(52.22% 0.052 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7165, 14.2089, 25.3077)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A88 #887759

analogous

#598288 #596A88 #605988

triadic

#596A88 #88596A #6A8859

tetradic

#596A88 #885982 #887759 #598860

square

#596A88 #885982 #887759 #598860

split-complementary

#596A88 #886059 #828859

monochromatic

#29303E #414D63 #596A88 #7889A6 #9DA9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#596A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#596A88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A88

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A88	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)

#606C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.052 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994aa',
    500: '#596a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a88;
$custom-light: #8994aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.298,
    "s": 20.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52215,
    "c": 0.05193,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A88

secondary

#ADA290

accent

#9F6ABD

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A88

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

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