#596AA8#596AA8

#596AA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.099 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AA8
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 168)
HSL	hsl(227, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(227, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 36.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 10.84, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 36.94, 287.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.002 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.099 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3395, 15.2581, 39.1223)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AA8 #A89759

analogous

#5991A8 #596AA8 #7059A8

triadic

#596AA8 #A8596A #6AA859

tetradic

#596AA8 #A85991 #A89759 #59A870

square

#596AA8 #A85991 #A89759 #59A870

split-complementary

#596AA8 #A87059 #91A859

monochromatic

#2E3758 #435080 #596AA8 #818EBD #A9B2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#596AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#596AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AA8

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AA8	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5371AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.099 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94c2',
    500: '#596aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596aa8;
$custom-light: #8c94c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.089,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53824,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AA8

secondary

#C0B89D

accent

#B160C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AA8

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

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