#596CC4#596CC4

#596CC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.138 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CC4
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 196)
HSL	hsl(229, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(229, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 44.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 18.53, -48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 51.74, 290.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.005 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.138 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4429, 16.8331, 54.4384)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CC4 #C4B159

analogous

#59A1C4 #596CC4 #7B59C4

triadic

#596CC4 #C4596C #6CC459

tetradic

#596CC4 #C459A1 #C4B159 #59C47B

square

#596CC4 #C459A1 #C4B159 #59C47B

split-complementary

#596CC4 #C47B59 #A1C459

monochromatic

#2B3878 #3B4EA5 #596CC4 #8694D4 #B3BCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#596CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#596CC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CC4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CC4	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4577C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#217F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.138 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f95d6',
    500: '#596cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cc4;
$custom-light: #8f95d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.346,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55901,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CC4

secondary

#D3CBA6

accent

#BF51D7

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CC4

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

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