#596C8B#596C8B

#596C8B is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.054 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C8B
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(217, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(217, 36%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 0.99, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 19.34, 272.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.81% -0.0093 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(52.81% 0.054 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1412, 14.7124, 26.5158)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C8B #8B7859

analogous

#59858B #596C8B #5F598B

triadic

#596C8B #8B596C #6C8B59

tetradic

#596C8B #8B5985 #8B7859 #598B5F

square

#596C8B #8B5985 #8B7859 #598B5F

split-complementary

#596C8B #8B5F59 #858B59

monochromatic

#293240 #414F66 #596C8B #788BA9 #9EABC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#596C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#596C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C8B

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C8B	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)

#616E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C698A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.054 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996ad',
    500: '#596c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c8b;
$custom-light: #8996ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.2,
    "s": 21.93,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52808,
    "c": 0.05421,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C8B

secondary

#AEA391

accent

#9E69BE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C8B

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

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