#596AC9#596AC9

#596AC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.147 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AC9
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 201)
HSL	hsl(231, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(231, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 47.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 21.41, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 55.83, 292.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.008 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.147 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8130, 16.6475, 57.4163)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AC9 #C9B859

analogous

#59A2C9 #596AC9 #8059C9

triadic

#596AC9 #C9596A #6AC959

tetradic

#596AC9 #C959A2 #C9B859 #59C980

square

#596AC9 #C959A2 #C9B859 #59C980

split-complementary

#596AC9 #C98059 #A2C959

monochromatic

#29367E #384AAD #596AC9 #8793D8 #B5BDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#596AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#596AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AC9

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AC9	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#197F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.147 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9094da',
    500: '#596ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ac9;
$custom-light: #9094da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.893,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55816,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AC9

secondary

#D6CFA8

accent

#C54DDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AC9

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

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