#596BC5#596BC5

#596BC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.140 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BC5
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 197)
HSL	hsl(230, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(230, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 45.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 19.48, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 52.93, 291.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.0063 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.14 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4523, 16.6691, 55.0049)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BC5 #C5B359

analogous

#59A1C5 #596BC5 #7D59C5

triadic

#596BC5 #C5596B #6BC559

tetradic

#596BC5 #C559A1 #C5B359 #59C57D

square

#596BC5 #C559A1 #C5B359 #59C57D

split-complementary

#596BC5 #C57D59 #A1C559

monochromatic

#2A3879 #3A4CA7 #596BC5 #8693D5 #B4BCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#596BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#596BC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BC5

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BC5	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4376C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#207F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.140 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095d7',
    500: '#596bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bc5;
$custom-light: #9095d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55761,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BC5

secondary

#D3CCA7

accent

#C150D8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BC5

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

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