#596CA9#596CA9

#596CA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.098 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CA9
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 169)
HSL	hsl(226, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(226, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 36.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 9.91, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 36.32, 285.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.0004 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.098 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6415, 15.7126, 39.6844)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CA9 #A99659

analogous

#5994A9 #596CA9 #6E59A9

triadic

#596CA9 #A9596C #6CA959

tetradic

#596CA9 #A95994 #A99659 #59A96E

square

#596CA9 #A95994 #A99659 #59A96E

split-complementary

#596CA9 #A96E59 #94A959

monochromatic

#2E3859 #435282 #596CA9 #8190BE #AAB3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#596CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#596CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CA9

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CA9	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5572AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A7982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.098 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95c3',
    500: '#596ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ca9;
$custom-light: #8c95c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.75,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54311,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CA9

secondary

#C1B89D

accent

#AF60C8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CA9

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

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