#596B8F#596B8F

#596B8F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.061 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B8F
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 143)
HSL	hsl(220, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(220, 38%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 2.73, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 22.06, 277.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% -0.0066 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.061 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3339, 14.6217, 28.0483)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B8F #8F7D59

analogous

#59868F #596B8F #62598F

triadic

#596B8F #8F596B #6B8F59

tetradic

#596B8F #8F5986 #8F7D59 #598F62

square

#596B8F #8F5986 #8F7D59 #598F62

split-complementary

#596B8F #8F6259 #868F59

monochromatic

#2A3344 #424F69 #596B8F #798AAC #9FABC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#596B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#596B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B8F

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B8F	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59698E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.061 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95b0',
    500: '#596b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b8f;
$custom-light: #8a95b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 23.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52764,
    "c": 0.06109,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B8F

secondary

#B1A793

accent

#A368C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B8F

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

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