#596AC7#596AC7

#596AC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.144 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AC7
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 199)
HSL	hsl(231, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(231, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 46.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 20.76, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 54.69, 292.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.0077 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.144 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5793, 16.5540, 56.1853)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AC7 #C7B659

analogous

#59A1C7 #596AC7 #7F59C7

triadic

#596AC7 #C7596A #6AC759

tetradic

#596AC7 #C759A1 #C7B659 #59C77F

square

#596AC7 #C759A1 #C7B659 #59C77F

split-complementary

#596AC7 #C77F59 #A1C759

monochromatic

#2A367C #394BAA #596AC7 #8793D6 #B5BCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#596AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#596AC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AC7

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AC7	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F76CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D7F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.144 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9094d8',
    500: '#596ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ac7;
$custom-light: #9094d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.727,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55687,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AC7

secondary

#D4CEA7

accent

#C44FD9

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AC7

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

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