#596DC8#596DC8

#596DC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.142 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DC8
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 200)
HSL	hsl(229, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(229, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 19.22, -49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 53.39, 291.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.0045 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.142 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0104, 17.2298, 56.9036)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DC8 #C8B459

analogous

#59A5C8 #596DC8 #7D59C8

triadic

#596DC8 #C8596D #6DC859

tetradic

#596DC8 #C859A5 #C8B459 #59C87D

square

#596DC8 #C859A5 #C8B459 #59C87D

split-complementary

#596DC8 #C87D59 #A5C859

monochromatic

#29397D #394DAB #596DC8 #8795D7 #B5BEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#596DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#596DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DC8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DC8	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4478CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.142 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9096d9',
    500: '#596dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596dc8;
$custom-light: #9096d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.189,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56357,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DC8

secondary

#D5CDA8

accent

#C14EDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DC8

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

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