#596BD1#596BD1

#596BD1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.157 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BD1
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 209)
HSL	hsl(231, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(231, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 48.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 23.42, -54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 59.72, 293.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.0078 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.157 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8824, 17.2411, 62.5367)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BD1 #D1BF59

analogous

#59A7D1 #596BD1 #8359D1

triadic

#596BD1 #D1596B #6BD159

tetradic

#596BD1 #D159A7 #D1BF59 #59D183

square

#596BD1 #D159A7 #D1BF59 #59D183

split-complementary

#596BD1 #D18359 #A7D159

monochromatic

#263589 #3347B9 #596BD1 #8996DE #B9C0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#596BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#596BD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BD1

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BD1	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3879D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#018294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.157 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9195e0',
    500: '#596bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bd1;
$custom-light: #9195e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56542,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BD1

secondary

#DBD4AB

accent

#C948E0

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BD1

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

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