#596E8F#596E8F

#596E8F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.058 H 259.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E8F
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 143)
HSL	hsl(217, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(217, 38%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 23.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 0.92, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 20.56, 272.55°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% -0.0108 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.058 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6522, 15.2582, 28.1544)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E8F #8F7A59

analogous

#59898F #596E8F #5F598F

triadic

#596E8F #8F596E #6E8F59

tetradic

#596E8F #8F5989 #8F7A59 #598F5F

square

#596E8F #8F5989 #8F7A59 #598F5F

split-complementary

#596E8F #8F5F59 #898F59

monochromatic

#2A3444 #425169 #596E8F #798DAC #9FADC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#596E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#596E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E8F

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E8F	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.058 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97b0',
    500: '#596e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e8f;
$custom-light: #8a97b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 23.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53448,
    "c": 0.05791,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E8F

secondary

#B1A593

accent

#9E68C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E8F

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

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