#596BD8#596BD8

#596BD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.167 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596BD8
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 216)
HSL	hsl(231, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(231, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 50.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 25.73, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 63.64, 293.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.0085 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.167 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7681, 17.5954, 67.2016)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596BD8 #D8C659

analogous

#59ABD8 #596BD8 #8759D8

triadic

#596BD8 #D8596B #6BD859

tetradic

#596BD8 #D859AB #D8C659 #59D887

square

#596BD8 #D859AB #D8C659 #59D887

split-complementary

#596BD8 #D88759 #ABD859

monochromatic

#233394 #2E44C5 #596BD8 #8B97E4 #BCC3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#596BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#596BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596BD8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596BD8	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#136FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.167 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9295e5',
    500: '#596bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596bd8;
$custom-light: #9295e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.496,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57015,
    "c": 0.16679,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596BD8

secondary

#DFD8AE

accent

#CE43E5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596BD8

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

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