#596E98#596E98

#596E98 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.071 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E98
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 152)
HSL	hsl(220, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(220, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 3.53, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 25.53, 277.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.87% -0.0078 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(53.87% 0.071 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3615, 15.5419, 31.8901)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E98 #988359

analogous

#598E98 #596E98 #645998

triadic

#596E98 #98596E #6E9859

tetradic

#596E98 #98598E #988359 #599864

square

#596E98 #98598E #988359 #599864

split-complementary

#596E98 #986459 #8E9859

monochromatic

#2C364B #425271 #596E98 #7C8EB2 #A3AFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#596E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#596E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E98

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E98	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F719A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.071 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97b6',
    500: '#596e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e98;
$custom-light: #8a97b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 26.141,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53872,
    "c": 0.0709,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E98

secondary

#B7AC96

accent

#A365C3

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E98

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

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