#596BC6#596BC6

#596BC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.142 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BC6
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 198)
HSL	hsl(230, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(230, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 46%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 19.81, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 53.50, 291.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.0065 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.142 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5672, 16.7151, 55.6104)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BC6 #C6B459

analogous

#59A2C6 #596BC6 #7E59C6

triadic

#596BC6 #C6596B #6BC659

tetradic

#596BC6 #C659A2 #C6B459 #59C67E

square

#596BC6 #C659A2 #C6B459 #59C67E

split-complementary

#596BC6 #C67E59 #A2C659

monochromatic

#2A377B #3A4CA8 #596BC6 #8794D6 #B4BCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#596BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#596BC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BC6

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BC6	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4277C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E7F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.142 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095d8',
    500: '#596bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bc6;
$custom-light: #9095d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.092,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55824,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BC6

secondary

#D4CCA7

accent

#C24FD8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BC6

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

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