#596E91#596E91

#596E91 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.061 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E91
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 145)
HSL	hsl(218, 24%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(218, 39%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 1.49, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 21.66, 273.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% -0.0101 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.061 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8050, 15.3193, 28.9594)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E91 #917C59

analogous

#598A91 #596E91 #605991

triadic

#596E91 #91596E #6E9159

tetradic

#596E91 #91598A #917C59 #599160

square

#596E91 #91598A #917C59 #599160

split-complementary

#596E91 #916059 #8A9159

monochromatic

#2A3445 #42516B #596E91 #7A8DAD #A0AEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#596E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#596E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E91

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E91	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47757A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.061 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97b1',
    500: '#596e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e91;
$custom-light: #8a97b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 23.932,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5354,
    "c": 0.06076,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E91

secondary

#B2A793

accent

#9F67C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F5

border

#CBCCCF

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E91

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

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