#596BD7#596BD7

#596BD7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.165 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BD7
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 215)
HSL	hsl(231, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(231, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 25.40, -57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 63.08, 293.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.0084 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.165 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6392, 17.5439, 66.5228)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BD7 #D7C559

analogous

#59AAD7 #596BD7 #8659D7

triadic

#596BD7 #D7596B #6BD759

tetradic

#596BD7 #D759AA #D7C559 #59D786

square

#596BD7 #D759AA #D7C559 #59D786

split-complementary

#596BD7 #D78659 #AAD759

monochromatic

#233392 #2F44C4 #596BD7 #8A97E3 #BCC3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#596BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#596BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BD7

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BD7	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.165 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9295e4',
    500: '#596bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bd7;
$custom-light: #9295e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56947,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BD7

secondary

#DED7AD

accent

#CD44E4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BD7

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

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