#596DA8#596DA8

#596DA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.096 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DA8
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 168)
HSL	hsl(225, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(225, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 35.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 8.99, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 35.16, 284.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% -0.0019 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.096 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6541, 15.8873, 39.2272)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DA8 #A89459

analogous

#5994A8 #596DA8 #6C59A8

triadic

#596DA8 #A8596D #6DA859

tetradic

#596DA8 #A85994 #A89459 #59A86C

square

#596DA8 #A85994 #A89459 #59A86C

split-complementary

#596DA8 #A86C59 #94A859

monochromatic

#2E3958 #435380 #596DA8 #8190BD #A9B4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#596DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#596DA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DA8

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DA8	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5773AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.096 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c96c2',
    500: '#596da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596da8;
$custom-light: #8c96c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.81,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54473,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DA8

secondary

#C0B79D

accent

#AD60C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DA8

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

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