#596D8D#596D8D

#596D8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.056 H 259.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D8D
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(217, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(217, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 0.95, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 19.95, 272.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% -0.01 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.056 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3947, 14.9835, 27.3278)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D8D #8D7959

analogous

#59878D #596D8D #5F598D

triadic

#596D8D #8D596D #6D8D59

tetradic

#596D8D #8D5987 #8D7959 #598D5F

square

#596D8D #8D5987 #8D7959 #598D5F

split-complementary

#596D8D #8D5F59 #878D59

monochromatic

#2A3342 #415067 #596D8D #798CAA #9EACC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#596D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#596D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D8D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D8D	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.056 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996ae',
    500: '#596d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d8d;
$custom-light: #8996ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53128,
    "c": 0.05606,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D8D

secondary

#B0A492

accent

#9E69BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D8D

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

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