#596DC9#596DC9

#596DC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.143 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596DC9
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 201)
HSL	hsl(229, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(229, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 45.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 19.55, -50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 53.95, 291.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.0047 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.143 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1276, 17.2767, 57.5211)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596DC9 #C9B559

analogous

#59A5C9 #596DC9 #7D59C9

triadic

#596DC9 #C9596D #6DC959

tetradic

#596DC9 #C959A5 #C9B559 #59C97D

square

#596DC9 #C959A5 #C9B559 #59C97D

split-complementary

#596DC9 #C97D59 #A5C959

monochromatic

#29387E #384DAD #596DC9 #8796D8 #B5BEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#596DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#596DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596DC9

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596DC9	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4379CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#188191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.143 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9096da',
    500: '#596dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596dc9;
$custom-light: #9096da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.286,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5642,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596DC9

secondary

#D6CEA8

accent

#C14DDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596DC9

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

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