#596C8E#596C8E

#596C8E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.059 H 261.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C8E
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(218, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(218, 37%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 1.84, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 20.99, 275.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.95% -0.0083 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(52.95% 0.059 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3634, 14.8013, 27.6861)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C8E #8E7B59

analogous

#59868E #596C8E #60598E

triadic

#596C8E #8E596C #6C8E59

tetradic

#596C8E #8E5986 #8E7B59 #598E60

square

#596C8E #8E5986 #8E7B59 #598E60

split-complementary

#596C8E #8E6059 #868E59

monochromatic

#2A3343 #414F68 #596C8E #798BAB #9FACC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#596C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#596C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C8E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C8E	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B698D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.059 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96af',
    500: '#596c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c8e;
$custom-light: #8a96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.491,
    "s": 22.944,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52945,
    "c": 0.05853,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C8E

secondary

#B0A692

accent

#A068BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C8E

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

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