#596AA9#596AA9

#596AA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.101 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AA9
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 169)
HSL	hsl(227, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(227, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 37.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 11.15, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 37.51, 287.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.0022 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.101 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4330, 15.2955, 39.6149)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AA9 #A99859

analogous

#5992A9 #596AA9 #7059A9

triadic

#596AA9 #A9596A #6AA959

tetradic

#596AA9 #A95992 #A99859 #59A970

square

#596AA9 #A95992 #A99859 #59A970

split-complementary

#596AA9 #A97059 #92A959

monochromatic

#2E3759 #435082 #596AA9 #818EBE #AAB2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#596AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#596AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AA9

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AA9	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5371AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.101 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94c3',
    500: '#596aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596aa9;
$custom-light: #8c94c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.25,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53879,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AA9

secondary

#C1B99D

accent

#B260C8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AA9

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

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