#596A8A#596A8A

#596A8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.055 H 262.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A8A
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 138)
HSL	hsl(219, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(219, 36%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 1.91, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 19.77, 275.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% -0.0068 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.055 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8599, 14.2663, 26.0632)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A8A #8A7959

analogous

#59838A #596A8A #61598A

triadic

#596A8A #8A596A #6A8A59

tetradic

#596A8A #8A5983 #8A7959 #598A61

square

#596A8A #8A5983 #8A7959 #598A61

split-complementary

#596A8A #8A6159 #838A59

monochromatic

#293140 #414D65 #596A8A #7889A8 #9DA9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#596A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#596A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A8A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A8A	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.055 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994ac',
    500: '#596a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a8a;
$custom-light: #8994ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.184,
    "s": 21.586,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52305,
    "c": 0.05485,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A8A

secondary

#AEA491

accent

#A16ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A8A

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

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