#596EC8#596EC8

#596EC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.141 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EC8
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 200)
HSL	hsl(229, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(229, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 45%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 18.60, -49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 52.77, 290.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.0034 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.141 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1177, 17.4444, 56.9394)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EC8 #C8B359

analogous

#59A5C8 #596EC8 #7C59C8

triadic

#596EC8 #C8596E #6EC859

tetradic

#596EC8 #C859A5 #C8B359 #59C87C

square

#596EC8 #C859A5 #C8B359 #59C87C

split-complementary

#596EC8 #C87C59 #A5C859

monochromatic

#29397D #394EAB #596EC8 #8796D7 #B5BEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#596EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#596EC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EC8

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EC8	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4679CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.141 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9097d9',
    500: '#596ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ec8;
$custom-light: #9097d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5656,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EC8

secondary

#D5CDA8

accent

#BF4EDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FA

border

#CCCCD3

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EC8

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

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