#596CA8#596CA8

#596CA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.097 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CA8
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 168)
HSL	hsl(226, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(226, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 35.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 9.60, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 35.74, 285.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% -0.0006 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.097 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5480, 15.6752, 39.1918)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CA8 #A89559

analogous

#5993A8 #596CA8 #6E59A8

triadic

#596CA8 #A8596C #6CA859

tetradic

#596CA8 #A85993 #A89559 #59A86E

square

#596CA8 #A85993 #A89559 #59A86E

split-complementary

#596CA8 #A86E59 #93A859

monochromatic

#2E3858 #435280 #596CA8 #8190BD #A9B3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#596CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#596CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CA8

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CA8	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5672AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.097 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95c2',
    500: '#596ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ca8;
$custom-light: #8c95c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.57,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54256,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CA8

secondary

#C0B89D

accent

#AF60C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CA8

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

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