#596D96#596D96

#596D96 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.069 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D96
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 150)
HSL	hsl(220, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(220, 41%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 27.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 3.55, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 24.94, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% -0.007 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.069 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0918, 15.2624, 30.9990)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D96 #968259

analogous

#598C96 #596D96 #645996

triadic

#596D96 #96596D #6D9659

tetradic

#596D96 #96598C #968259 #599664

square

#596D96 #96598C #968259 #599664

split-complementary

#596D96 #966459 #8C9659

monochromatic

#2B3549 #425170 #596D96 #7B8DB1 #A2AEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#596D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#596D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D96

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D96	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.069 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96b5',
    500: '#596d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d96;
$custom-light: #8a96b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.328,
    "s": 25.523,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5355,
    "c": 0.0691,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D96

secondary

#B5AB95

accent

#A466C2

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D96

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

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