#596D90#596D90

#596D90 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.060 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D90
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 144)
HSL	hsl(218, 24%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(218, 38%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 1.81, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 21.60, 274.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% -0.009 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.06 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6210, 15.0740, 28.5193)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D90 #907C59

analogous

#598890 #596D90 #605990

triadic

#596D90 #90596D #6D9059

tetradic

#596D90 #905988 #907C59 #599060

square

#596D90 #905988 #907C59 #599060

split-complementary

#596D90 #906059 #889059

monochromatic

#2A3444 #42506A #596D90 #7A8CAD #9FADC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#596D90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#596D90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D90

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D90	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#477479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.060 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96b0',
    500: '#596d90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d90;
$custom-light: #8a96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 23.605,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53266,
    "c": 0.06037,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D90

secondary

#B2A793

accent

#A068C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D90

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

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