#596C8F#596C8F

#596C8F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.060 H 262.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C8F
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 143)
HSL	hsl(219, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(219, 38%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 24.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 2.12, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 21.55, 275.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% -0.008 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.06 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4388, 14.8315, 28.0832)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C8F #8F7C59

analogous

#59878F #596C8F #61598F

triadic

#596C8F #8F596C #6C8F59

tetradic

#596C8F #8F5987 #8F7C59 #598F61

square

#596C8F #8F5987 #8F7C59 #598F61

split-complementary

#596C8F #8F6159 #878F59

monochromatic

#2A3344 #425069 #596C8F #798BAC #9FACC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#596C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#596C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C8F

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C8F	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A698E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.060 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96b0',
    500: '#596c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c8f;
$custom-light: #8a96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.889,
    "s": 23.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52991,
    "c": 0.05999,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C8F

secondary

#B1A693

accent

#A168C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C8F

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

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