#596DC7#596DC7

#596DC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.141 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DC7
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 199)
HSL	hsl(229, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(229, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 45.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 18.89, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 52.82, 290.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.0044 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.141 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8939, 17.1832, 56.2901)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DC7 #C7B359

analogous

#59A4C7 #596DC7 #7C59C7

triadic

#596DC7 #C7596D #6DC759

tetradic

#596DC7 #C759A4 #C7B359 #59C77C

square

#596DC7 #C759A4 #C7B359 #59C77C

split-complementary

#596DC7 #C77C59 #A4C759

monochromatic

#2A397C #394EAA #596DC7 #8795D6 #B5BDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#596DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#596DC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DC7

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DC7	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4578CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.141 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9096d8',
    500: '#596dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596dc7;
$custom-light: #9096d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56294,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DC7

secondary

#D4CCA7

accent

#C04FD9

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DC7

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

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