#596BD5#596BD5

#596BD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.163 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#596BD5
RGBrgb(89, 107, 213)
HSLhsl(231, 60%, 59%)
HSVhsv(231, 58%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(58.2%, 49.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(48.81, 24.74, -56.81)
CIE-LCHlch(48.81, 61.96, 293.53°)
OKLaboklab(56.81% 0.0083 -0.1625)
OKLCHoklch(56.81% 0.163 272.9)
XYZxyz(21.3838, 17.4417, 65.1776)
Luminance0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#596BD5 #D5C359
analogous
#59A9D5 #596BD5 #8559D5
triadic
#596BD5 #D5596B #6BD559
tetradic
#596BD5 #D559A9 #D5C359 #59D585
square
#596BD5 #D559A9 #D5C359 #59D585
split-complementary
#596BD5 #D58559 #A9D559
monochromatic
#24348F #3145C0 #596BD5 #8A97E1 #BBC2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68
#596BD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49
#596BD5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BD5
4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##596BD5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##596BD51.004.684.494.68
#FFFFFF4.681.0021.001.00
#0000004.4921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.681.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#337AD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1C6FD3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008396
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #596bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.163 272.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9295e2',
    500: '#596bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #596bd5;
$custom-light: #9295e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#596bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.29,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56811,
    "c": 0.16267,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#596BD5
secondary
#DDD6AD
accent
#CC45E3
background
#F9F9FD
surface
#F2F1FB
border
#CCCBD4
text
#0E0D15
muted
#7E7E83

Preview Lab

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#596BD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva