#596AD5#596AD5

#596AD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.164 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AD5
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 213)
HSL	hsl(232, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(232, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 50.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 25.36, -57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 62.59, 293.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.0093 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.164 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2802, 17.2344, 65.1431)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AD5 #D5C459

analogous

#59A8D5 #596AD5 #8659D5

triadic

#596AD5 #D5596A #6AD559

tetradic

#596AD5 #D559A8 #D5C459 #59D586

square

#596AD5 #D559A8 #D5C459 #59D586

split-complementary

#596AD5 #D58659 #A8D559

monochromatic

#24338F #3144C0 #596AD5 #8A96E1 #BBC2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#596AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#596AD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AD5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AD5	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3179D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#186ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.164 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9294e3',
    500: '#596ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ad5;
$custom-light: #9294e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.774,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56616,
    "c": 0.16395,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AD5

secondary

#DDD6AD

accent

#CD45E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AD5

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

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