#596B97#596B97

#596B97 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.073 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B97
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 151)
HSL	hsl(223, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(223, 41%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.46, 5.06, -26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.46, 26.59, 280.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% -0.004 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.073 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9617, 14.8729, 31.3545)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B97 #978559

analogous

#598A97 #596B97 #665997

triadic

#596B97 #97596B #6B9759

tetradic

#596B97 #97598A #978559 #599766

square

#596B97 #97598A #978559 #599766

split-complementary

#596B97 #976659 #8A9759

monochromatic

#2C344A #425070 #596B97 #7C8BB2 #A2ADC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#596B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#596B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B97

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B97	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.073 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95b5',
    500: '#596b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b97;
$custom-light: #8a95b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.581,
    "s": 25.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5315,
    "c": 0.07293,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B97

secondary

#B6AD96

accent

#A766C2

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B97

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

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