#596EA5#596EA5

#596EA5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.090 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EA5
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 165)
HSL	hsl(223, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(223, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 7.45, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 32.87, 283.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% -0.004 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.09 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4851, 15.9914, 37.8080)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EA5 #A59059

analogous

#5994A5 #596EA5 #6A59A5

triadic

#596EA5 #A5596E #6EA559

tetradic

#596EA5 #A55994 #A59059 #59A56A

square

#596EA5 #A55994 #A59059 #59A56A

split-complementary

#596EA5 #A56A59 #94A559

monochromatic

#2E3955 #44537D #596EA5 #8091BB #A8B3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#596EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#596EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EA5

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EA5	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A73A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.090 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c97c0',
    500: '#596ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ea5;
$custom-light: #8c97c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.421,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54532,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EA5

secondary

#BEB59C

accent

#AA62C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EA5

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

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