#596D9F#596D9F

#596D9F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.082 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D9F
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 159)
HSL	hsl(223, 28%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(223, 44%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 31.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 6.23, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 30.03, 281.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54% -0.0043 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.082 267)
XYZ	xyz(15.8445, 15.5635, 34.9633)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D9F #9F8B59

analogous

#59909F #596D9F #68599F

triadic

#596D9F #9F596D #6D9F59

tetradic

#596D9F #9F5990 #9F8B59 #599F68

square

#596D9F #9F5990 #9F8B59 #599F68

split-complementary

#596D9F #9F6859 #909F59

monochromatic

#2D3751 #435278 #596D9F #7E8EB7 #A5B1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#596D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#596D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D9F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D9F	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B71A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.082 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b96bb',
    500: '#596d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d9f;
$custom-light: #8b96bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 28.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53999,
    "c": 0.08235,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.15564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D9F

secondary

#BBB199

accent

#A963C5

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D9F

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

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