#596DC4#596DC4

#596DC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.136 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DC4
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 196)
HSL	hsl(229, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(229, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 44.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 17.91, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 51.12, 290.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.0039 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.136 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5490, 17.0453, 54.4738)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DC4 #C4B059

analogous

#59A2C4 #596DC4 #7A59C4

triadic

#596DC4 #C4596D #6DC459

tetradic

#596DC4 #C459A2 #C4B059 #59C47A

square

#596DC4 #C459A2 #C4B059 #59C47A

split-complementary

#596DC4 #C47A59 #A2C459

monochromatic

#2B3978 #3B4FA5 #596DC4 #8695D4 #B3BCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#596DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#596DC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DC4

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DC4	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4778C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.136 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f96d6',
    500: '#596dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596dc4;
$custom-light: #8f96d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.785,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56105,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DC4

secondary

#D3CAA6

accent

#BE51D7

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DC4

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

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