#596DC5#596DC5

#596DC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.138 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DC5
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 197)
HSL	hsl(229, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(229, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 44.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 18.24, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 51.69, 290.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.0041 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.138 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6632, 17.0909, 55.0752)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DC5 #C5B159

analogous

#59A3C5 #596DC5 #7B59C5

triadic

#596DC5 #C5596D #6DC559

tetradic

#596DC5 #C559A3 #C5B159 #59C57B

square

#596DC5 #C559A3 #C5B159 #59C57B

split-complementary

#596DC5 #C57B59 #A3C559

monochromatic

#2A3979 #3A4EA7 #596DC5 #8695D5 #B4BDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#596DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#596DC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DC5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DC5	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4678C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.138 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9096d7',
    500: '#596dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596dc5;
$custom-light: #9096d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.889,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56168,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DC5

secondary

#D3CBA7

accent

#BF50D8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DC5

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

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