#596D8F#596D8F

#596D8F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.059 H 260.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D8F
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(218, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(218, 38%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 1.52, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 21.05, 274.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% -0.0094 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.059 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5449, 15.0436, 28.1186)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D8F #8F7B59

analogous

#59888F #596D8F #60598F

triadic

#596D8F #8F596D #6D8F59

tetradic

#596D8F #8F5988 #8F7B59 #598F60

square

#596D8F #8F5988 #8F7B59 #598F60

split-complementary

#596D8F #8F6059 #888F59

monochromatic

#2A3344 #425069 #596D8F #798CAC #9FADC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#596D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#596D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D8F

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D8F	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.059 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96b0',
    500: '#596d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d8f;
$custom-light: #8a96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 23.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53219,
    "c": 0.05893,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D8F

secondary

#B1A693

accent

#9F68C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D8F

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

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