#596EAA#596EAA

#596EAA is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.097 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EAA
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 170)
HSL	hsl(224, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(224, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 35.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 8.99, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 35.71, 284.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% -0.0027 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.097 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9491, 16.1770, 40.2518)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EAA #AA9559

analogous

#5996AA #596EAA #6C59AA

triadic

#596EAA #AA596E #6EAA59

tetradic

#596EAA #AA5996 #AA9559 #59AA6C

square

#596EAA #AA5996 #AA9559 #59AA6C

split-complementary

#596EAA #AA6C59 #96AA59

monochromatic

#2E3A5A #435483 #596EAA #8191BF #AAB5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#596EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#596EAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EAA

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EAA	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5874AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#397B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.097 268.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.444,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54799,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EAA

secondary

#C1B89D

accent

#AD5FC8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EAA

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

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