#596DBE#596DBE

#596DBE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.128 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DBE
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 190)
HSL	hsl(228, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(228, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 42.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 15.97, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 47.71, 289.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.0029 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.128 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8797, 16.7775, 50.9487)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DBE #BEAA59

analogous

#599FBE #596DBE #7859BE

triadic

#596DBE #BE596D #6DBE59

tetradic

#596DBE #BE599F #BEAA59 #59BE78

square

#596DBE #BE599F #BEAA59 #59BE78

split-complementary

#596DBE #BE7859 #9FBE59

monochromatic

#2C3A71 #3D509D #596DBE #8594CF #B1BAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#596DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#596DBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DBE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DBE	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B76C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#287F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.128 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f96d2',
    500: '#596dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596dbe;
$custom-light: #8f96d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.119,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55737,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DBE

secondary

#CFC6A4

accent

#BA54D3

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DBE

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

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