#596EA8#596EA8

#596EA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.094 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EA8
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 168)
HSL	hsl(224, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(224, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 34.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 8.37, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 34.58, 284.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% -0.0032 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.094 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7614, 16.1019, 39.2630)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EA8 #A89359

analogous

#5995A8 #596EA8 #6C59A8

triadic

#596EA8 #A8596E #6EA859

tetradic

#596EA8 #A85995 #A89359 #59A86C

square

#596EA8 #A85995 #A89359 #59A86C

split-complementary

#596EA8 #A86C59 #95A859

monochromatic

#2E3958 #435480 #596EA8 #8191BD #A9B4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#596EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#596EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EA8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EA8	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5973AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.094 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c97c2',
    500: '#596ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ea8;
$custom-light: #8c97c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.051,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54691,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EA8

secondary

#C0B79D

accent

#AC60C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EA8

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

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