#596AE1#596AE1

#596AE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.180 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AE1
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 225)
HSL	hsl(233, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(233, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 29.33, -62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 69.29, 295.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.0102 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.18 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8600, 17.8663, 73.4634)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AE1 #E1D059

analogous

#59AEE1 #596AE1 #8C59E1

triadic

#596AE1 #E1596A #6AE159

tetradic

#596AE1 #E159AE #E1D059 #59E18C

square

#596AE1 #E159AE #E1D059 #59E18C

split-complementary

#596AE1 #E18C59 #AEE159

monochromatic

#1D2EA2 #273DD6 #596AE1 #8D99EA #C1C7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#596AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#596AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596AE1

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596AE1	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.180 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9494eb',
    500: '#596ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ae1;
$custom-light: #9494eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57452,
    "c": 0.18029,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AE1

secondary

#E4DEB2

accent

#BA14D1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AE1

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

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