#596AD6#596AD6

#596AD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.165 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AD6
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 214)
HSL	hsl(232, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(232, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 50.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 25.69, -57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 63.15, 294.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.0094 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.165 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4075, 17.2853, 65.8136)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AD6 #D6C559

analogous

#59A9D6 #596AD6 #8759D6

triadic

#596AD6 #D6596A #6AD659

tetradic

#596AD6 #D659A9 #D6C559 #59D687

square

#596AD6 #D659A9 #D6C559 #59D687

split-complementary

#596AD6 #D68759 #A9D659

monochromatic

#243391 #3044C2 #596AD6 #8A96E2 #BBC2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#596AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#596AD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AD6

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AD6	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3079DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#156ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.165 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9294e3',
    500: '#596ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ad6;
$custom-light: #9294e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.84,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56684,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AD6

secondary

#DED7AD

accent

#CE44E4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AD6

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

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