#596D97#596D97

#596D97 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.071 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D97
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 151)
HSL	hsl(221, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(221, 41%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 3.84, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 25.50, 278.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.6% -0.0067 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(53.6% 0.071 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1726, 15.2947, 31.4249)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D97 #978359

analogous

#598C97 #596D97 #645997

triadic

#596D97 #97596D #6D9759

tetradic

#596D97 #97598C #978359 #599764

square

#596D97 #97598C #978359 #599764

split-complementary

#596D97 #976459 #8C9759

monochromatic

#2C354A #425170 #596D97 #7C8DB2 #A2AEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#596D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#596D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D97

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D97	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.071 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96b5',
    500: '#596d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d97;
$custom-light: #8a96b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 25.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53599,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D97

secondary

#B6AC96

accent

#A466C2

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D97

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

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