#596EB9#596EB9

#596EB9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.119 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EB9
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 185)
HSL	hsl(227, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(227, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 40.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 13.74, -42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 44.26, 288.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.0008 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.119 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4499, 16.7773, 48.1557)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EB9 #B9A459

analogous

#599EB9 #596EB9 #7459B9

triadic

#596EB9 #B9596E #6EB959

tetradic

#596EB9 #B9599E #B9A459 #59B974

square

#596EB9 #B9599E #B9A459 #59B974

split-complementary

#596EB9 #B97459 #9EB959

monochromatic

#2D3A6B #3F5296 #596EB9 #8494CB #AFB9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#596EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#596EB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EB9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EB9	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5076BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D7E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.119 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e97ce',
    500: '#596eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596eb9;
$custom-light: #8e97ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55648,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EB9

secondary

#CBC2A2

accent

#B657D1

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EB9

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

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