#596AEE#596AEE

#596AEE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.198 H 273.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596AEE
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(233, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(233, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 33.65, -68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 76.45, 296.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.0108 -0.1973)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.198 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7013, 18.6029, 83.1613)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596AEE #EEDD59

analogous

#59B5EE #596AEE #9359EE

triadic

#596AEE #EE596A #6AEE59

tetradic

#596AEE #EE59B5 #EEDD59 #59EE93

square

#596AEE #EE59B5 #EEDD59 #59EE93

split-complementary

#596AEE #EE9359 #B5EE59

monochromatic

#1326BA #2138E8 #596AEE #919CF4 #C8CEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#596AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#596AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #596AEE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.198 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9694f4',
    500: '#596aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596aee;
$custom-light: #9694f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.154,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58397,
    "c": 0.19758,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596AEE

secondary

#EBE5B7

accent

#C508DE

background

#F9F9FF

surface

#F2F1FE

border

#CCCBD6

text

#0F0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #596AEE

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

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