#596BC3#596BC3

#596BC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.137 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BC3
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 195)
HSL	hsl(230, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(230, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 45.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 18.83, -48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 51.80, 291.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.006 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.137 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2246, 16.5780, 53.8060)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BC3 #C3B159

analogous

#59A0C3 #596BC3 #7C59C3

triadic

#596BC3 #C3596B #6BC359

tetradic

#596BC3 #C359A0 #C3B159 #59C37C

square

#596BC3 #C359A0 #C3B159 #59C37C

split-complementary

#596BC3 #C37C59 #A0C359

monochromatic

#2B3877 #3B4DA4 #596BC3 #8693D3 #B3BBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#596BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#596BC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BC3

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BC3	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4476C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#237E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.137 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f95d6',
    500: '#596bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bc3;
$custom-light: #8f95d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.811,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55634,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BC3

secondary

#D2CAA6

accent

#C051D7

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BC3

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

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