#596B85#596B85

#596B85 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.047 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B85
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 133)
HSL	hsl(215, 20%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(215, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, -0.08, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 16.54, 269.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% -0.0101 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.047 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6099, 14.3321, 24.2350)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B85 #857359

analogous

#598185 #596B85 #5D5985

triadic

#596B85 #85596B #6B8559

tetradic

#596B85 #855981 #857359 #59855D

square

#596B85 #855981 #857359 #59855D

split-complementary

#596B85 #855D59 #818559

monochromatic

#28303C #404E60 #596B85 #778AA4 #9CA9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#596B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#596B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B85

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B85	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.047 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995a8',
    500: '#596b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b85;
$custom-light: #8995a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 19.82,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52312,
    "c": 0.04665,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B85

secondary

#AB9F8F

accent

#9B6BBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B85

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →