#596EA9#596EA9

#596EA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.096 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EA9
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 169)
HSL	hsl(224, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(224, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 8.68, -34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 35.15, 284.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% -0.0029 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.096 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8549, 16.1393, 39.7555)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EA9 #A99459

analogous

#5996A9 #596EA9 #6C59A9

triadic

#596EA9 #A9596E #6EA959

tetradic

#596EA9 #A95996 #A99459 #59A96C

square

#596EA9 #A95996 #A99459 #59A96C

split-complementary

#596EA9 #A96C59 #96A959

monochromatic

#2E3A59 #435482 #596EA9 #8191BE #AAB4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#596EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#596EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EA9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EA9	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5874AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A7A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.096 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c97c3',
    500: '#596ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ea9;
$custom-light: #8c97c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.25,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54745,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EA9

secondary

#C1B79D

accent

#AD60C8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EA9

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

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