#596A8D#596A8D

#596A8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.059 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A8D
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 141)
HSL	hsl(220, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(220, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 2.76, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 21.46, 277.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% -0.0058 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.059 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0801, 14.3544, 27.2229)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A8D #8D7C59

analogous

#59848D #596A8D #62598D

triadic

#596A8D #8D596A #6A8D59

tetradic

#596A8D #8D5984 #8D7C59 #598D62

square

#596A8D #8D5984 #8D7C59 #598D62

split-complementary

#596A8D #8D6259 #848D59

monochromatic

#2A3242 #414E67 #596A8D #7989AA #9EAAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#596A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#596A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A8D

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A8D	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59688C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.059 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994ae',
    500: '#596a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a8d;
$custom-light: #8994ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.385,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52444,
    "c": 0.05927,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A8D

secondary

#B0A692

accent

#A369BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A8D

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

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