#596CC3#596CC3

#596CC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.136 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CC3
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 195)
HSL	hsl(229, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(229, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 44.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 18.21, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 51.17, 290.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.0049 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.136 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3295, 16.7877, 53.8410)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CC3 #C3B059

analogous

#59A1C3 #596CC3 #7B59C3

triadic

#596CC3 #C3596C #6CC359

tetradic

#596CC3 #C359A1 #C3B059 #59C37B

square

#596CC3 #C359A1 #C3B059 #59C37B

split-complementary

#596CC3 #C37B59 #A1C359

monochromatic

#2B3877 #3B4EA4 #596CC3 #8694D3 #B3BCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#596CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#596CC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CC3

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CC3	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4677C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#227F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.136 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f95d6',
    500: '#596cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cc3;
$custom-light: #8f95d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.245,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55838,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CC3

secondary

#D2CAA6

accent

#BF51D7

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CC3

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

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