#596D9B#596D9B

#596D9B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.076 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D9B
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 155)
HSL	hsl(222, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(222, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 29.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 5.03, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 27.76, 280.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% -0.0055 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.076 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5030, 15.4269, 33.1648)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D9B #9B8759

analogous

#598E9B #596D9B #66599B

triadic

#596D9B #9B596D #6D9B59

tetradic

#596D9B #9B598E #9B8759 #599B66

square

#596D9B #9B598E #9B8759 #599B66

split-complementary

#596D9B #9B6659 #8E9B59

monochromatic

#2C364D #435274 #596D9B #7D8EB4 #A4B0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#596D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#596D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D9B

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D9B	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D719D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.076 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b96b8',
    500: '#596d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d9b;
$custom-light: #8b96b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.818,
    "s": 27.049,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53796,
    "c": 0.07645,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D9B

secondary

#B8AE97

accent

#A764C3

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D9B

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

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