#596B86#596B86

#596B86 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.048 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B86
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 134)
HSL	hsl(216, 20%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(216, 34%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 0.20, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 17.08, 270.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% -0.0097 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.048 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6793, 14.3599, 24.6006)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B86 #867459

analogous

#598186 #596B86 #5D5986

triadic

#596B86 #86596B #6B8659

tetradic

#596B86 #865981 #867459 #59865D

square

#596B86 #865981 #867459 #59865D

split-complementary

#596B86 #865D59 #818659

monochromatic

#28303C #414E61 #596B86 #778AA5 #9CA9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#596B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#596B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B86

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B86	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.048 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995a9',
    500: '#596b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b86;
$custom-light: #8995a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 20.179,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52356,
    "c": 0.04806,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B86

secondary

#ABA090

accent

#9C6BBD

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B86

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

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