#596DC6#596DC6

#596DC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.139 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DC6
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 198)
HSL	hsl(229, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(229, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 44.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, 18.57, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 52.26, 290.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.0042 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.139 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7782, 17.1369, 55.6807)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DC6 #C6B259

analogous

#59A4C6 #596DC6 #7C59C6

triadic

#596DC6 #C6596D #6DC659

tetradic

#596DC6 #C659A4 #C6B259 #59C67C

square

#596DC6 #C659A4 #C6B259 #59C67C

split-complementary

#596DC6 #C67C59 #A4C659

monochromatic

#2A397B #3A4EA8 #596DC6 #8795D6 #B4BDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#596DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#596DC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DC6

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DC6	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4678C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E8190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.139 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9096d8',
    500: '#596dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596dc6;
$custom-light: #9096d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.991,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56231,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DC6

secondary

#D4CCA7

accent

#BF4FD8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DC6

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

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