#596EA4#596EA4

#596EA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.088 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EA4
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 164)
HSL	hsl(223, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(223, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 7.14, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 32.30, 282.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% -0.0042 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.088 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3945, 15.9551, 37.3305)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EA4 #A48F59

analogous

#5994A4 #596EA4 #6A59A4

triadic

#596EA4 #A4596E #6EA459

tetradic

#596EA4 #A45994 #A48F59 #59A46A

square

#596EA4 #A45994 #A48F59 #59A46A

split-complementary

#596EA4 #A46A59 #94A459

monochromatic

#2E3955 #43537C #596EA4 #8090BA #A8B3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#596EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#596EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EA4

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EA4	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A73A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.088 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b97bf',
    500: '#596ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ea4;
$custom-light: #8b97bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54479,
    "c": 0.08849,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EA4

secondary

#BEB49B

accent

#AA62C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EA4

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

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