#596DB6#596DB6

#596DB6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.116 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DB6
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 182)
HSL	hsl(227, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(227, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 40.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 13.39, -41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 43.15, 288.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.0013 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.116 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0292, 16.4374, 46.4696)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DB6 #B6A259

analogous

#599BB6 #596DB6 #7359B6

triadic

#596DB6 #B6596D #6DB659

tetradic

#596DB6 #B6599B #B6A259 #59B673

square

#596DB6 #B6599B #B6A259 #59B673

split-complementary

#596DB6 #B67359 #9BB659

monochromatic

#2D3A67 #405292 #596DB6 #8492C9 #AEB8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#596DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#596DB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DB6

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DB6	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5075B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#307D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.116 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e96cc',
    500: '#596db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596db6;
$custom-light: #8e96cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.097,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55261,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DB6

secondary

#C9C1A1

accent

#B559CF

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DB6

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

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