#596BC8#596BC8

#596BC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.145 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BC8
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 200)
HSL	hsl(230, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(230, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 20.46, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 54.63, 292.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.0067 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.145 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7994, 16.8079, 56.8333)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BC8 #C8B659

analogous

#59A3C8 #596BC8 #7F59C8

triadic

#596BC8 #C8596B #6BC859

tetradic

#596BC8 #C859A3 #C8B659 #59C87F

square

#596BC8 #C859A3 #C8B659 #59C87F

split-complementary

#596BC8 #C87F59 #A3C859

monochromatic

#29377D #394BAB #596BC8 #8794D7 #B5BDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#596BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#596BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BC8

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BC8	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4077CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.145 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095d9',
    500: '#596bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bc8;
$custom-light: #9095d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.27,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55952,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BC8

secondary

#D5CEA8

accent

#C34EDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BC8

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

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