#596E8D#596E8D

#596E8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.055 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E8D
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(216, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(216, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.90, 0.35, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.90, 19.48, 271.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% -0.0115 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.055 258)
XYZ	xyz(14.5020, 15.1981, 27.3635)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E8D #8D7859

analogous

#59888D #596E8D #5E598D

triadic

#596E8D #8D596E #6E8D59

tetradic

#596E8D #8D5988 #8D7859 #598D5E

square

#596E8D #8D5988 #8D7859 #598D5E

split-complementary

#596E8D #8D5E59 #888D59

monochromatic

#2A3342 #415167 #596E8D #798DAA #9EADC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#596E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#596E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E8D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E8D	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.055 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997ae',
    500: '#596e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e8d;
$custom-light: #8997ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.769,
    "s": 22.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53357,
    "c": 0.05509,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.15199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E8D

secondary

#B0A492

accent

#9C69BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E8D

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

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