#596BC9#596BC9

#596BC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.146 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BC9
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 201)
HSL	hsl(230, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(230, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 20.79, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 55.20, 292.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.0069 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.146 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9167, 16.8548, 57.4508)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BC9 #C9B759

analogous

#59A3C9 #596BC9 #7F59C9

triadic

#596BC9 #C9596B #6BC959

tetradic

#596BC9 #C959A3 #C9B759 #59C97F

square

#596BC9 #C959A3 #C9B759 #59C97F

split-complementary

#596BC9 #C97F59 #A3C959

monochromatic

#29377E #384BAD #596BC9 #8794D8 #B5BDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#596BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#596BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BC9

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BC9	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F77CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.146 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095da',
    500: '#596bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bc9;
$custom-light: #9095da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.357,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56017,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BC9

secondary

#D6CEA8

accent

#C44DDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BC9

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

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