#596ACD#596ACD

#596ACD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.153 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596ACD
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 205)
HSL	hsl(231, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(231, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 48.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 22.72, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 58.09, 293.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.0084 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.153 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2897, 16.8382, 59.9267)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596ACD #CDBC59

analogous

#59A4CD #596ACD #8259CD

triadic

#596ACD #CD596A #6ACD59

tetradic

#596ACD #CD59A4 #CDBC59 #59CD82

square

#596ACD #CD59A4 #CDBC59 #59CD82

split-complementary

#596ACD #CD8259 #A4CD59

monochromatic

#283584 #3648B3 #596ACD #8894DB #B7BEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#596ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#596ACD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596ACD

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596ACD	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A77D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.153 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9194dd',
    500: '#596acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596acd;
$custom-light: #9194dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.207,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56079,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596ACD

secondary

#D8D1AA

accent

#C84BDD

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596ACD

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

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