#596EC6#596EC6

#596EC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.138 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EC6
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 198)
HSL	hsl(228, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(228, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 44.4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 17.95, -48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 51.64, 290.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.0031 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.138 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8855, 17.3515, 55.7164)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EC6 #C6B159

analogous

#59A5C6 #596EC6 #7B59C6

triadic

#596EC6 #C6596E #6EC659

tetradic

#596EC6 #C659A5 #C6B159 #59C67B

square

#596EC6 #C659A5 #C6B159 #59C67B

split-complementary

#596EC6 #C67B59 #A5C659

monochromatic

#2A3A7B #3A4FA8 #596EC6 #8796D6 #B4BEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#596EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#596EC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EC6

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EC6	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4779C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D8190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.138 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9097d8',
    500: '#596ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ec6;
$custom-light: #9097d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.44,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56435,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EC6

secondary

#D4CBA7

accent

#BE4FD8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FA

border

#CCCCD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EC6

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

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