#596D89#596D89

#596D89 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.050 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D89
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 137)
HSL	hsl(215, 21%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(215, 35%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 20.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, -0.17, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 17.79, 269.44°)
OKLab	oklab(52.95% -0.0115 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(52.95% 0.05 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1025, 14.8666, 25.7885)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D89 #897559

analogous

#598589 #596D89 #5D5989

triadic

#596D89 #89596D #6D8959

tetradic

#596D89 #895985 #897559 #59895D

square

#596D89 #895985 #897559 #59895D

split-complementary

#596D89 #895D59 #858959

monochromatic

#29323F #414F64 #596D89 #788CA7 #9DABBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#596D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#596D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D89

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D89	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.050 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996ab',
    500: '#596d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d89;
$custom-light: #8996ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 21.239,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52949,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D89

secondary

#ADA191

accent

#9B6ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D89

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

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