#596CBF#596CBF

#596CBF is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.130 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CBF
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 191)
HSL	hsl(229, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(229, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 43.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 16.91, -45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 48.90, 290.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.0042 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.13 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8833, 16.6093, 51.4910)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CBF #BFAC59

analogous

#599FBF #596CBF #7959BF

triadic

#596CBF #BF596C #6CBF59

tetradic

#596CBF #BF599F #BFAC59 #59BF79

square

#596CBF #BF599F #BFAC59 #59BF79

split-complementary

#596CBF #BF7959 #9FBF59

monochromatic

#2C3972 #3D4F9E #596CBF #8593D0 #B1BAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#596CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#596CBF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CBF

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CBF	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4976C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#287E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.130 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f95d3',
    500: '#596cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cbf;
$custom-light: #8f95d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.824,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55591,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CBF

secondary

#CFC7A4

accent

#BC54D4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CBF

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

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