#596BB9#596BB9

#596BB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.123 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BB9
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 185)
HSL	hsl(229, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(229, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 42.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 15.59, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 46.09, 289.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.0043 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.123 272)
XYZ	xyz(18.1317, 16.1408, 48.0496)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BB9 #B9A759

analogous

#599BB9 #596BB9 #7759B9

triadic

#596BB9 #B9596B #6BB959

tetradic

#596BB9 #B9599B #B9A759 #59B977

square

#596BB9 #B9599B #B9A759 #59B977

split-complementary

#596BB9 #B97759 #9BB959

monochromatic

#2D396B #3F4F96 #596BB9 #8491CB #AFB8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#596BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#596BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BB9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BB9	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B74BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E7C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.123 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e95ce',
    500: '#596bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bb9;
$custom-light: #8e95ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55019,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.16142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BB9

secondary

#CBC4A2

accent

#BA57D1

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BB9

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

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