#596A8F#596A8F

#596A8F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.062 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A8F
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 143)
HSL	hsl(221, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(221, 38%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 3.34, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 22.59, 278.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% -0.0052 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.062 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2303, 14.4144, 28.0137)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A8F #8F7E59

analogous

#59858F #596A8F #63598F

triadic

#596A8F #8F596A #6A8F59

tetradic

#596A8F #8F5985 #8F7E59 #598F63

square

#596A8F #8F5985 #8F7E59 #598F63

split-complementary

#596A8F #8F6359 #858F59

monochromatic

#2A3244 #424E69 #596A8F #7989AC #9FAAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#596A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#596A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A8F

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A8F	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58688E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.062 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94b0',
    500: '#596a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a8f;
$custom-light: #8a94b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.111,
    "s": 23.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52538,
    "c": 0.06222,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A8F

secondary

#B1A893

accent

#A468C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A8F

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

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