#596BA3#596BA3

#596BA3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.091 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BA3
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 163)
HSL	hsl(225, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(225, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 34.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 8.68, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 33.47, 285.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% -0.0006 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.091 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9863, 15.2827, 36.7507)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BA3 #A39159

analogous

#5990A3 #596BA3 #6C59A3

triadic

#596BA3 #A3596B #6BA359

tetradic

#596BA3 #A35990 #A39159 #59A36C

square

#596BA3 #A35990 #A39159 #59A36C

split-complementary

#596BA3 #A36C59 #90A359

monochromatic

#2E3754 #43517B #596BA3 #808EB9 #A7B1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#596BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#596BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BA3

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BA3	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5770A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.091 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b95be',
    500: '#596ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ba3;
$custom-light: #8b95be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 29.365,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53768,
    "c": 0.09077,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BA3

secondary

#BDB59B

accent

#AD62C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BA3

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

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