#596CBD#596CBD

#596CBD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.128 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CBD
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 189)
HSL	hsl(229, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(229, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 42.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 16.26, -44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 47.76, 289.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.0039 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.128 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6647, 16.5218, 50.3397)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CBD #BDAA59

analogous

#599EBD #596CBD #7859BD

triadic

#596CBD #BD596C #6CBD59

tetradic

#596CBD #BD599E #BDAA59 #59BD78

square

#596CBD #BD599E #BDAA59 #59BD78

split-complementary

#596CBD #BD7859 #9EBD59

monochromatic

#2C396F #3E4F9B #596CBD #8593CE #B1BAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#596CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#596CBD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CBD

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CBD	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A76C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A7E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.128 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e95d1',
    500: '#596cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cbd;
$custom-light: #8e95d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55468,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CBD

secondary

#CEC6A4

accent

#BB55D3

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CBD

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

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