#596E97#596E97

#596E97 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.069 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E97
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 151)
HSL	hsl(220, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(220, 41%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 27.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 3.23, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 24.98, 277.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% -0.0081 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.069 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2799, 15.5093, 31.4606)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E97 #978259

analogous

#598D97 #596E97 #635997

triadic

#596E97 #97596E #6E9759

tetradic

#596E97 #97598D #978259 #599763

square

#596E97 #97598D #978259 #599763

split-complementary

#596E97 #976359 #8D9759

monochromatic

#2C364A #425270 #596E97 #7C8EB2 #A2AFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#596E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#596E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E97

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E97	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.069 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97b5',
    500: '#596e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e97;
$custom-light: #8a97b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.677,
    "s": 25.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53824,
    "c": 0.06943,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E97

secondary

#B6AB96

accent

#A366C2

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E97

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

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