#596B8D#596B8D

#596B8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.058 H 262.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B8D
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(219, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(219, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 2.16, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 20.94, 275.91°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% -0.0072 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.058 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1838, 14.5617, 27.2575)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B8D #8D7B59

analogous

#59858D #596B8D #61598D

triadic

#596B8D #8D596B #6B8D59

tetradic

#596B8D #8D5985 #8D7B59 #598D61

square

#596B8D #8D5985 #8D7B59 #598D61

split-complementary

#596B8D #8D6159 #858D59

monochromatic

#2A3242 #414F67 #596B8D #798AAA #9EABC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#596B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#596B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B8D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B8D	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A688C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.058 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995ae',
    500: '#596b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b8d;
$custom-light: #8995ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.231,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52671,
    "c": 0.05815,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B8D

secondary

#B0A592

accent

#A169BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B8D

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

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