#596CAC#596CAC

#596CAC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.103 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CAC
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 172)
HSL	hsl(226, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(226, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 10.85, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 38.04, 286.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.0004 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.103 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9264, 15.8265, 41.1846)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CAC #AC9959

analogous

#5995AC #596CAC #6F59AC

triadic

#596CAC #AC596C #6CAC59

tetradic

#596CAC #AC5995 #AC9959 #59AC6F

square

#596CAC #AC5995 #AC9959 #59AC6F

split-complementary

#596CAC #AC6F59 #95AC59

monochromatic

#2E395C #435285 #596CAC #8290C0 #ABB4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#596CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#596CAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CAC

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CAC	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5473AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#387984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.103 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95c5',
    500: '#596cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cac;
$custom-light: #8c95c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.265,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54477,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CAC

secondary

#C3BA9E

accent

#B15EC9

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CAC

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

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