#596EC4#596EC4

#596EC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.135 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EC4
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 196)
HSL	hsl(228, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(228, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 43.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 17.29, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 50.51, 290.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.0028 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.135 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6563, 17.2598, 54.5095)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EC4 #C4AF59

analogous

#59A3C4 #596EC4 #7959C4

triadic

#596EC4 #C4596E #6EC459

tetradic

#596EC4 #C459A3 #C4AF59 #59C479

square

#596EC4 #C459A3 #C4AF59 #59C479

split-complementary

#596EC4 #C47959 #A3C459

monochromatic

#2B3A78 #3B50A5 #596EC4 #8695D4 #B3BDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#596EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#596EC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EC4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EC4	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4978C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.135 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f97d6',
    500: '#596ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ec4;
$custom-light: #8f97d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.224,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56311,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EC4

secondary

#D3CAA6

accent

#BD51D7

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EC4

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

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