#596C97#596C97

#596C97 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.072 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C97
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 151)
HSL	hsl(222, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(222, 41%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 28.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 4.45, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 26.04, 279.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% -0.0054 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.072 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0666, 15.0826, 31.3895)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C97 #978459

analogous

#598B97 #596C97 #655997

triadic

#596C97 #97596C #6C9759

tetradic

#596C97 #97598B #978459 #599765

square

#596C97 #97598B #978459 #599765

split-complementary

#596C97 #976559 #8B9759

monochromatic

#2C354A #425070 #596C97 #7C8CB2 #A2AEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#596C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#596C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C97

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C97	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44757B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.072 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95b5',
    500: '#596c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c97;
$custom-light: #8a95b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.613,
    "s": 25.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53374,
    "c": 0.07173,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C97

secondary

#B6AC96

accent

#A666C2

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C97

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

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