#596B8A#596B8A

#596B8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.054 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B8A
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(218, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(218, 36%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 1.31, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 19.27, 273.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% -0.0083 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.054 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9636, 14.4736, 26.0978)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B8A #8A7859

analogous

#59848A #596B8A #60598A

triadic

#596B8A #8A596B #6B8A59

tetradic

#596B8A #8A5984 #8A7859 #598A60

square

#596B8A #8A5984 #8A7859 #598A60

split-complementary

#596B8A #8A6059 #848A59

monochromatic

#293140 #414E65 #596B8A #788AA8 #9DAAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#596B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#596B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B8A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B8A	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.054 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995ac',
    500: '#596b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b8a;
$custom-light: #8995ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 21.586,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52534,
    "c": 0.05379,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B8A

secondary

#AEA391

accent

#9F6ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B8A

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

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