#596CC9#596CC9

#596CC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.145 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596CC9
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 201)
HSL	hsl(230, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(230, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 46.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 20.17, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 54.58, 291.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.0058 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.145 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0216, 17.0646, 57.4858)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596CC9 #C9B659

analogous

#59A4C9 #596CC9 #7E59C9

triadic

#596CC9 #C9596C #6CC959

tetradic

#596CC9 #C959A4 #C9B659 #59C97E

square

#596CC9 #C959A4 #C9B659 #59C97E

split-complementary

#596CC9 #C97E59 #A4C959

monochromatic

#29387E #384CAD #596CC9 #8795D8 #B5BEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#596CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#596CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596CC9

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596CC9	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4178CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.145 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9095da',
    500: '#596cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596cc9;
$custom-light: #9095da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.821,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56218,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596CC9

secondary

#D6CEA8

accent

#C24DDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596CC9

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

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