#596B89#596B89

#596B89 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.052 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B89
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 137)
HSL	hsl(218, 21%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(218, 35%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 21.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 1.03, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 18.72, 273.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% -0.0086 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.052 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8915, 14.4448, 25.7182)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B89 #897759

analogous

#598389 #596B89 #5F5989

triadic

#596B89 #89596B #6B8959

tetradic

#596B89 #895983 #897759 #59895F

square

#596B89 #895983 #897759 #59895F

split-complementary

#596B89 #895F59 #838959

monochromatic

#29313F #414E64 #596B89 #788AA7 #9DAABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#596B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B89

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B89	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.052 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995ab',
    500: '#596b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b89;
$custom-light: #8995ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 21.239,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52489,
    "c": 0.05235,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B89

secondary

#ADA291

accent

#9E6ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B89

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

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