#596AC8#596AC8

#596AC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.146 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AC8
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 200)
HSL	hsl(231, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(231, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 47%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 21.08, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 55.26, 292.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.0078 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.146 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6958, 16.6006, 56.7987)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AC8 #C8B759

analogous

#59A2C8 #596AC8 #8059C8

triadic

#596AC8 #C8596A #6AC859

tetradic

#596AC8 #C859A2 #C8B759 #59C880

square

#596AC8 #C859A2 #C8B759 #59C880

split-complementary

#596AC8 #C88059 #A2C859

monochromatic

#29367D #394AAB #596AC8 #8793D7 #B5BDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#596AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#596AC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AC8

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AC8	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E76CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B7F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.146 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9094d9',
    500: '#596ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ac8;
$custom-light: #9094d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.811,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55751,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AC8

secondary

#D5CEA8

accent

#C44EDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AC8

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

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