#596CB8#596CB8

#596CB8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.120 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CB8
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 184)
HSL	hsl(228, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(228, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 41.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 14.65, -42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 44.90, 289.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.0029 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.12 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1313, 16.3085, 47.5305)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CB8 #B8A559

analogous

#599BB8 #596CB8 #7559B8

triadic

#596CB8 #B8596C #6CB859

tetradic

#596CB8 #B8599B #B8A559 #59B875

square

#596CB8 #B8599B #B8A559 #59B875

split-complementary

#596CB8 #B87559 #9BB859

monochromatic

#2D3969 #3F5094 #596CB8 #8492CA #AFB8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#596CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#596CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CB8

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CB8	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D75BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F7C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.120 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e95ce',
    500: '#596cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cb8;
$custom-light: #8e95ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55168,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CB8

secondary

#CBC3A2

accent

#B858D0

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CB8

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

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