#596DB2#596DB2

#596DB2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.110 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DB2
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 178)
HSL	hsl(227, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(227, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 38.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 12.12, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 40.87, 287.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.0005 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.11 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6218, 16.2744, 44.3236)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DB2 #B29E59

analogous

#599AB2 #596DB2 #7259B2

triadic

#596DB2 #B2596D #6DB259

tetradic

#596DB2 #B2599A #B29E59 #59B272

square

#596DB2 #B2599A #B29E59 #59B272

split-complementary

#596DB2 #B27259 #9AB259

monochromatic

#2E3A63 #41528D #596DB2 #8392C5 #ADB7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#596DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#596DB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DB2

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DB2	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5274B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#347C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.110 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d96c9',
    500: '#596db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596db2;
$custom-light: #8d96c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.517,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5503,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DB2

secondary

#C7BEA0

accent

#B35BCD

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DB2

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

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