#596EB1#596EB1

#596EB1 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.108 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EB1
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 177)
HSL	hsl(226, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(226, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 37.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 11.19, -38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 39.70, 286.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% -0.001 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.108 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6290, 16.4489, 43.8325)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EB1 #B19C59

analogous

#599AB1 #596EB1 #7059B1

triadic

#596EB1 #B1596E #6EB159

tetradic

#596EB1 #B1599A #B19C59 #59B170

square

#596EB1 #B1599A #B19C59 #59B170

split-complementary

#596EB1 #B17059 #9AB159

monochromatic

#2E3A62 #41538B #596EB1 #8392C5 #ACB7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#596EB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#596EB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EB1

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EB1	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5475B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#347C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596eb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.108 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97c8',
    500: '#596eb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596eb1;
$custom-light: #8d97c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596eb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.682,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55187,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EB1

secondary

#C6BDA0

accent

#B15CCC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EB1

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

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