#596A97#596A97

#596A97 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.074 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A97
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 151)
HSL	hsl(224, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(224, 41%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 5.67, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 27.15, 282.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% -0.0026 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.074 268)
XYZ	xyz(14.8581, 14.6655, 31.3200)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A97 #978659

analogous

#598997 #596A97 #675997

triadic

#596A97 #97596A #6A9759

tetradic

#596A97 #975989 #978659 #599767

square

#596A97 #975989 #978659 #599767

split-complementary

#596A97 #976759 #899759

monochromatic

#2C344A #424F70 #596A97 #7C8AB2 #A2ADC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#596A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#596A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A97

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A97	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45737A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.074 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94b5',
    500: '#596a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a97;
$custom-light: #8a94b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.548,
    "s": 25.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52927,
    "c": 0.07415,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.14666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A97

secondary

#B6AD96

accent

#A966C2

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A97

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

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