#596BC4#596BC4

#596BC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.139 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BC4
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 196)
HSL	hsl(230, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(230, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 45.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 19.16, -48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 52.36, 291.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.0062 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.139 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3381, 16.6234, 54.4035)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BC4 #C4B259

analogous

#59A0C4 #596BC4 #7C59C4

triadic

#596BC4 #C4596B #6BC459

tetradic

#596BC4 #C459A0 #C4B259 #59C47C

square

#596BC4 #C459A0 #C4B259 #59C47C

split-complementary

#596BC4 #C47C59 #A0C459

monochromatic

#2B3878 #3B4DA5 #596BC4 #8693D4 #B3BCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#596BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#596BC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BC4

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BC4	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4376C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#217F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.139 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f95d6',
    500: '#596bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bc4;
$custom-light: #8f95d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.907,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55697,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BC4

secondary

#D3CBA6

accent

#C151D7

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BC4

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

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