#596D9D#596D9D

#596D9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.079 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D9D
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 157)
HSL	hsl(222, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(222, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 30.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 5.63, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 28.89, 281.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% -0.0049 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.079 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6724, 15.4946, 34.0567)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D9D #9D8959

analogous

#598F9D #596D9D #67599D

triadic

#596D9D #9D596D #6D9D59

tetradic

#596D9D #9D598F #9D8959 #599D67

square

#596D9D #9D598F #9D8959 #599D67

split-complementary

#596D9D #9D6759 #8F9D59

monochromatic

#2D374F #435276 #596D9D #7E8EB6 #A5B0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#596D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#596D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D9D

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D9D	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C719F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.079 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b96ba',
    500: '#596d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d9d;
$custom-light: #8b96ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 27.642,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53897,
    "c": 0.0794,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D9D

secondary

#BAB098

accent

#A864C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D9D

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

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