#596EA7#596EA7

#596EA7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.093 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EA7
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 167)
HSL	hsl(224, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(224, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 34.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 8.06, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 34.01, 283.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% -0.0034 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.093 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6686, 16.0647, 38.7742)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EA7 #A79259

analogous

#5995A7 #596EA7 #6B59A7

triadic

#596EA7 #A7596E #6EA759

tetradic

#596EA7 #A75995 #A79259 #59A76B

square

#596EA7 #A75995 #A79259 #59A76B

split-complementary

#596EA7 #A76B59 #95A759

monochromatic

#2E3957 #43547F #596EA7 #8191BC #A9B4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#596EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#596EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EA7

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EA7	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5973A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.093 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c97c1',
    500: '#596ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ea7;
$custom-light: #8c97c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 30.709,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54638,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EA7

secondary

#BFB69C

accent

#AB61C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EA7

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

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