#596BC7#596BC7

#596BC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.143 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BC7
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 199)
HSL	hsl(230, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(230, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 46.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 20.13, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 54.07, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.0066 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.143 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6830, 16.7614, 56.2198)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BC7 #C7B559

analogous

#59A2C7 #596BC7 #7E59C7

triadic

#596BC7 #C7596B #6BC759

tetradic

#596BC7 #C759A2 #C7B559 #59C77E

square

#596BC7 #C759A2 #C7B559 #59C77E

split-complementary

#596BC7 #C77E59 #A2C759

monochromatic

#2A377C #394CAA #596BC7 #8794D6 #B5BDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#596BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#596BC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BC7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BC7	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D7F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.143 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095d8',
    500: '#596bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bc7;
$custom-light: #9095d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.182,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55888,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BC7

secondary

#D4CDA7

accent

#C24FD9

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BC7

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

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