#596C8A#596C8A

#596C8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.053 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C8A
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(217, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(217, 36%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, 0.71, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 18.79, 272.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% -0.0097 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.053 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0684, 14.6833, 26.1327)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C8A #8A7759

analogous

#59858A #596C8A #5F598A

triadic

#596C8A #8A596C #6C8A59

tetradic

#596C8A #8A5985 #8A7759 #598A5F

square

#596C8A #8A5985 #8A7759 #598A5F

split-complementary

#596C8A #8A5F59 #858A59

monochromatic

#293240 #414F65 #596C8A #788BA8 #9DABC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#596C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#596C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C8A

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C8A	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.053 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996ac',
    500: '#596c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c8a;
$custom-light: #8996ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.735,
    "s": 21.586,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52763,
    "c": 0.05278,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C8A

secondary

#AEA391

accent

#9D6ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C8A

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

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