#596ACE#596ACE

#596ACE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.154 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596ACE
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 206)
HSL	hsl(231, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(231, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 23.05, -53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 58.65, 293.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.0086 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.154 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4108, 16.8866, 60.5644)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596ACE #CEBD59

analogous

#59A4CE #596ACE #8259CE

triadic

#596ACE #CE596A #6ACE59

tetradic

#596ACE #CE59A4 #CEBD59 #59CE82

square

#596ACE #CE59A4 #CEBD59 #59CE82

split-complementary

#596ACE #CE8259 #A4CE59

monochromatic

#273585 #3548B5 #596ACE #8894DC #B8BFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#596ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#596ACE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596ACE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596ACE	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3977D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D8092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.154 273.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.282,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56145,
    "c": 0.15425,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596ACE

secondary

#D9D2AA

accent

#C84ADE

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596ACE

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

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