#596AD8#596AD8

#596AD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.168 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AD8
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 216)
HSL	hsl(232, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(232, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 50.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 26.35, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 64.27, 294.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0095 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.168 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6645, 17.3881, 67.1670)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AD8 #D8C759

analogous

#59A9D8 #596AD8 #8859D8

triadic

#596AD8 #D8596A #6AD859

tetradic

#596AD8 #D859A9 #D8C759 #59D888

square

#596AD8 #D859A9 #D8C759 #59D888

split-complementary

#596AD8 #D88859 #A9D859

monochromatic

#233294 #2E43C5 #596AD8 #8B96E4 #BCC3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#596AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#596AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AD8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AD8	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D79DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D6FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.168 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9294e5',
    500: '#596ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ad8;
$custom-light: #9294e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.969,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56822,
    "c": 0.16807,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AD8

secondary

#DFD8AE

accent

#CF43E5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AD8

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

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