#596DAD#596DAD

#596DAD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.103 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DAD
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 173)
HSL	hsl(226, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(226, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 37%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 10.55, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 38.01, 286.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% -0.0007 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.103 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1289, 16.0772, 41.7277)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DAD #AD9959

analogous

#5997AD #596DAD #6F59AD

triadic

#596DAD #AD596D #6DAD59

tetradic

#596DAD #AD5997 #AD9959 #59AD6F

square

#596DAD #AD5997 #AD9959 #59AD6F

split-complementary

#596DAD #AD6F59 #97AD59

monochromatic

#2E395D #425386 #596DAD #8291C1 #ABB5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#596DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#596DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DAD

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DAD	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5574B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#387A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.103 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c96c6',
    500: '#596dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596dad;
$custom-light: #8c96c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54748,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DAD

secondary

#C3BB9E

accent

#B05ECA

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DAD

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

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