#596AB7#596AB7

#596AB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.121 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AB7
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 183)
HSL	hsl(229, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(229, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 42.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 15.57, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 45.56, 289.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.0051 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.122 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8184, 15.8497, 46.9109)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AB7 #B7A659

analogous

#5999B7 #596AB7 #7759B7

triadic

#596AB7 #B7596A #6AB759

tetradic

#596AB7 #B75999 #B7A659 #59B777

square

#596AB7 #B75999 #B7A659 #59B777

split-complementary

#596AB7 #B77759 #99B759

monochromatic

#2D3868 #404F93 #596AB7 #8490CA #AEB7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#596AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#596AB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AB7

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AB7	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B73BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#307A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.121 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e94cd',
    500: '#596ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ab7;
$custom-light: #8e94cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.149,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5469,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AB7

secondary

#CAC3A2

accent

#BA58CF

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AB7

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

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