#596AA4#596AA4

#596AA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.094 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AA4
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 164)
HSL	hsl(226, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(226, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 35.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 9.60, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 34.63, 286.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.001 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.094 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9726, 15.1114, 37.1899)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AA4 #A49359

analogous

#5990A4 #596AA4 #6E59A4

triadic

#596AA4 #A4596A #6AA459

tetradic

#596AA4 #A45990 #A49359 #59A46E

square

#596AA4 #A45990 #A49359 #59A46E

split-complementary

#596AA4 #A46E59 #90A459

monochromatic

#2E3755 #43507C #596AA4 #808DBA #A8B1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#596AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#596AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AA4

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AA4	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5570A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E69A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E767F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.094 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94bf',
    500: '#596aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596aa4;
$custom-light: #8c94bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.4,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53605,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AA4

secondary

#BEB69B

accent

#AF62C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AA4

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

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