#596AC5#596AC5

#596AC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.142 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AC5
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 197)
HSL	hsl(231, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(231, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 46.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 20.10, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 53.56, 292.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.0074 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.142 273)
XYZ	xyz(19.3486, 16.4618, 54.9704)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AC5 #C5B459

analogous

#59A0C5 #596AC5 #7E59C5

triadic

#596AC5 #C5596A #6AC559

tetradic

#596AC5 #C559A0 #C5B459 #59C57E

square

#596AC5 #C559A0 #C5B459 #59C57E

split-complementary

#596AC5 #C57E59 #A0C559

monochromatic

#2A3779 #3A4BA7 #596AC5 #8693D5 #B4BBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#596AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#596AC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AC5

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AC5	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4176C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#207E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.142 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9094d7',
    500: '#596ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ac5;
$custom-light: #9094d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.556,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55558,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.16463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AC5

secondary

#D3CCA7

accent

#C250D8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AC5

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

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