#596A89#596A89

#596A89 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.053 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A89
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 137)
HSL	hsl(219, 21%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(219, 35%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 22.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 1.63, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 19.21, 274.88°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% -0.0072 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.053 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7879, 14.2375, 25.6837)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#596A89 #897859

analogous

#598289 #596A89 #605989

triadic

#596A89 #89596A #6A8959

tetradic

#596A89 #895982 #897859 #598960

square

#596A89 #895982 #897859 #598960

split-complementary

#596A89 #896059 #828959

monochromatic

#29313F #414D64 #596A89 #7889A7 #9DA9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#596A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#596A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A89

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A89	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.053 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994ab',
    500: '#596a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a89;
$custom-light: #8994ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.75,
    "s": 21.239,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5226,
    "c": 0.05339,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A89

secondary

#ADA391

accent

#A06ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A89

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

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