#596EB4#596EB4

#596EB4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.112 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EB4
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 180)
HSL	hsl(226, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(226, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 38.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 12.14, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 41.41, 287.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% -0.0003 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.112 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9313, 16.5698, 45.4246)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EB4 #B49F59

analogous

#599BB4 #596EB4 #7259B4

triadic

#596EB4 #B4596E #6EB459

tetradic

#596EB4 #B4599B #B49F59 #59B472

square

#596EB4 #B4599B #B49F59 #59B472

split-complementary

#596EB4 #B47259 #9BB459

monochromatic

#2E3A65 #41538F #596EB4 #8393C7 #ADB8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#596EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#596EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EB4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EB4	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5375B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#327D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.112 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97cb',
    500: '#596eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596eb4;
$custom-light: #8d97cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55357,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EB4

secondary

#C8BFA1

accent

#B35ACE

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EB4

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

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