#596AD2#596AD2

#596AD2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.160 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AD2
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 210)
HSL	hsl(232, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(232, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 49.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 24.37, -55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 60.91, 293.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.009 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.16 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9029, 17.0835, 63.1562)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AD2 #D2C159

analogous

#59A6D2 #596AD2 #8459D2

triadic

#596AD2 #D2596A #6AD259

tetradic

#596AD2 #D259A6 #D2C159 #59D284

square

#596AD2 #D259A6 #D2C159 #59D284

split-complementary

#596AD2 #D28459 #A6D259

monochromatic

#26348B #3346BB #596AD2 #8995DF #B9C0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#596AD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#596AD2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AD2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AD2	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3478D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F6ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.160 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9294e0',
    500: '#596ad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ad2;
$custom-light: #9294e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.57,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56413,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AD2

secondary

#DBD5AB

accent

#CB47E1

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AD2

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

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