#596AD4#596AD4

#596AD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.163 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AD4
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 212)
HSL	hsl(232, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(232, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 50%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 25.03, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 62.03, 293.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.0092 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.163 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1536, 17.1838, 64.4767)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AD4 #D4C359

analogous

#59A8D4 #596AD4 #8659D4

triadic

#596AD4 #D4596A #6AD459

tetradic

#596AD4 #D459A8 #D4C359 #59D486

square

#596AD4 #D459A8 #D4C359 #59D486

split-complementary

#596AD4 #D48659 #A8D459

monochromatic

#25338E #3145BE #596AD4 #8A96E1 #BAC1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#596AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#596AD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AD4

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AD4	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3279D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B6ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.163 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9294e2',
    500: '#596ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ad4;
$custom-light: #9294e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.707,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56548,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AD4

secondary

#DDD6AC

accent

#CC46E2

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AD4

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

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