#596E90#596E90

#596E90 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.059 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E90
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 144)
HSL	hsl(217, 24%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(217, 38%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 1.20, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 21.11, 273.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% -0.0104 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.059 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7282, 15.2886, 28.5551)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E90 #907B59

analogous

#598990 #596E90 #5F5990

triadic

#596E90 #90596E #6E9059

tetradic

#596E90 #905989 #907B59 #59905F

square

#596E90 #905989 #907B59 #59905F

split-complementary

#596E90 #905F59 #899059

monochromatic

#2A3444 #42516A #596E90 #7A8DAD #9FADC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#596E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#596E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E90

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E90	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47757A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.059 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97b0',
    500: '#596e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e90;
$custom-light: #8a97b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.091,
    "s": 23.605,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53494,
    "c": 0.05933,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E90

secondary

#B2A693

accent

#9E68C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E90

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

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