#596E9D#596E9D

#596E9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.078 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E9D
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 157)
HSL	hsl(221, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(221, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 29.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, 5.02, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 28.34, 280.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% -0.0062 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.078 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7796, 15.7092, 34.0925)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E9D #9D8859

analogous

#59909D #596E9D #66599D

triadic

#596E9D #9D596E #6E9D59

tetradic

#596E9D #9D5990 #9D8859 #599D66

square

#596E9D #9D5990 #9D8859 #599D66

split-complementary

#596E9D #9D6659 #909D59

monochromatic

#2D374F #435376 #596E9D #7E8FB6 #A5B1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#596E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#596E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E9D

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E9D	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D729F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.078 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b97ba',
    500: '#596e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e9d;
$custom-light: #8b97ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.471,
    "s": 27.642,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5412,
    "c": 0.07821,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E9D

secondary

#BAAF98

accent

#A664C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E9D

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

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