#596CC5#596CC5

#596CC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.139 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CC5
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 197)
HSL	hsl(229, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(229, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 45.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 18.86, -48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 52.31, 291.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.0052 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.139 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5571, 16.8788, 55.0399)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CC5 #C5B259

analogous

#59A2C5 #596CC5 #7C59C5

triadic

#596CC5 #C5596C #6CC559

tetradic

#596CC5 #C559A2 #C5B259 #59C57C

square

#596CC5 #C559A2 #C5B259 #59C57C

split-complementary

#596CC5 #C57C59 #A2C559

monochromatic

#2A3879 #3A4DA7 #596CC5 #8694D5 #B4BCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#596CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#596CC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CC5

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CC5	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4577C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.139 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095d7',
    500: '#596cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cc5;
$custom-light: #9095d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.444,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55964,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CC5

secondary

#D3CBA7

accent

#C050D8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CC5

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

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