#596BA8#596BA8

#596BA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.098 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BA8
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 168)
HSL	hsl(226, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(226, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 36.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, 10.22, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 36.34, 286.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.0007 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.098 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4432, 15.4654, 39.1569)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BA8 #A89659

analogous

#5992A8 #596BA8 #6E59A8

triadic

#596BA8 #A8596B #6BA859

tetradic

#596BA8 #A85992 #A89659 #59A86E

square

#596BA8 #A85992 #A89659 #59A86E

split-complementary

#596BA8 #A86E59 #92A859

monochromatic

#2E3858 #435180 #596BA8 #818FBD #A9B3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#596BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#596BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BA8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BA8	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5571AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.098 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95c2',
    500: '#596ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ba8;
$custom-light: #8c95c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.329,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5404,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BA8

secondary

#C0B89D

accent

#B060C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BA8

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

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