#596EC9#596EC9

#596EC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.142 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EC9
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 201)
HSL	hsl(229, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(229, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 45.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 18.93, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 53.33, 290.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.0036 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.142 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2349, 17.4913, 57.5569)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EC9 #C9B459

analogous

#59A6C9 #596EC9 #7C59C9

triadic

#596EC9 #C9596E #6EC959

tetradic

#596EC9 #C959A6 #C9B459 #59C97C

square

#596EC9 #C959A6 #C9B459 #59C97C

split-complementary

#596EC9 #C97C59 #A6C959

monochromatic

#29397E #384EAD #596EC9 #8796D8 #B5BFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#596EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#596EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596EC9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596EC9	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4579CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3770C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#188292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.142 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9097da',
    500: '#596ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ec9;
$custom-light: #9097da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56624,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EC9

secondary

#D6CDA8

accent

#C04DDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FB

border

#CCCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EC9

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

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