#596C8D#596C8D

#596C8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.057 H 261.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C8D
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(218, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(218, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 1.55, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 20.44, 274.36°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% -0.0086 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.057 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2886, 14.7714, 27.2924)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C8D #8D7A59

analogous

#59868D #596C8D #60598D

triadic

#596C8D #8D596C #6C8D59

tetradic

#596C8D #8D5986 #8D7A59 #598D60

square

#596C8D #8D5986 #8D7A59 #598D60

split-complementary

#596C8D #8D6059 #868D59

monochromatic

#2A3342 #414F67 #596C8D #798BAA #9EABC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#596C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#596C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C8D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C8D	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B698C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.057 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996ae',
    500: '#596c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c8d;
$custom-light: #8996ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.077,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52899,
    "c": 0.05709,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C8D

secondary

#B0A592

accent

#A069BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C8D

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

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