#596BA4#596BA4

#596BA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.092 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BA4
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 164)
HSL	hsl(226, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(226, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 34.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 8.98, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 34.04, 285.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% -0.0003 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.092 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0763, 15.3187, 37.2245)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BA4 #A49259

analogous

#5991A4 #596BA4 #6D59A4

triadic

#596BA4 #A4596B #6BA459

tetradic

#596BA4 #A45991 #A49259 #59A46D

square

#596BA4 #A45991 #A49259 #59A46D

split-complementary

#596BA4 #A46D59 #91A459

monochromatic

#2E3755 #43517C #596BA4 #808EBA #A8B1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#596BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#596BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BA4

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BA4	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5671A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E7780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.092 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95bf',
    500: '#596ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ba4;
$custom-light: #8c95bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53822,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BA4

secondary

#BEB59B

accent

#AE62C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BA4

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

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