#596D8A#596D8A

#596D8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.052 H 257.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D8A
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(216, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(216, 36%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, 0.10, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 18.33, 270.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% -0.0111 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.052 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1745, 14.8955, 26.1681)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D8A #8A7659

analogous

#59868A #596D8A #5E598A

triadic

#596D8A #8A596D #6D8A59

tetradic

#596D8A #8A5986 #8A7659 #598A5E

square

#596D8A #8A5986 #8A7659 #598A5E

split-complementary

#596D8A #8A5E59 #868A59

monochromatic

#293240 #415065 #596D8A #788CA8 #9DACC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#596D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#596D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D8A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D8A	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.052 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996ac',
    500: '#596d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d8a;
$custom-light: #8996ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.51,
    "s": 21.586,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52993,
    "c": 0.05182,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D8A

secondary

#AEA291

accent

#9C6ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D8A

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

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