#596CC8#596CC8

#596CC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.143 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CC8
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 200)
HSL	hsl(230, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(230, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 46%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 19.84, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 54.01, 291.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.0056 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.143 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9043, 17.0177, 56.8682)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CC8 #C8B559

analogous

#59A4C8 #596CC8 #7E59C8

triadic

#596CC8 #C8596C #6CC859

tetradic

#596CC8 #C859A4 #C8B559 #59C87E

square

#596CC8 #C859A4 #C8B559 #59C87E

split-complementary

#596CC8 #C87E59 #A4C859

monochromatic

#29387D #394CAB #596CC8 #8795D7 #B5BDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#596CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#596CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CC8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CC8	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.143 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095d9',
    500: '#596cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cc8;
$custom-light: #9095d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.73,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56154,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CC8

secondary

#D5CDA8

accent

#C24EDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CC8

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

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