#596CBC#596CBC

#596CBC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.126 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CBC
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 188)
HSL	hsl(228, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(228, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 42.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 15.94, -44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 47.19, 289.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.0037 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.126 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5565, 16.4786, 49.7701)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CBC #BCA959

analogous

#599EBC #596CBC #7859BC

triadic

#596CBC #BC596C #6CBC59

tetradic

#596CBC #BC599E #BCA959 #59BC78

square

#596CBC #BC599E #BCA959 #59BC78

split-complementary

#596CBC #BC7859 #9EBC59

monochromatic

#2C396E #3E509A #596CBC #8593CE #B0B9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#596CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#596CBC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CBC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CBC	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B75BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B7D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.126 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e95d0',
    500: '#596cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cbc;
$custom-light: #8e95d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.485,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55408,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CBC

secondary

#CDC5A3

accent

#BA56D2

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CBC

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

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