#596ECE#596ECE

#596ECE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.149 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596ECE
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 206)
HSL	hsl(229, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(229, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 46.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 20.57, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 56.15, 291.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.0043 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.149 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8327, 17.7304, 60.7051)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596ECE #CEB959

analogous

#59A8CE #596ECE #7E59CE

triadic

#596ECE #CE596E #6ECE59

tetradic

#596ECE #CE59A8 #CEB959 #59CE7E

square

#596ECE #CE59A8 #CEB959 #59CE7E

split-complementary

#596ECE #CE7E59 #A8CE59

monochromatic

#273885 #354CB5 #596ECE #8897DC #B8C1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#596ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#596ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596ECE

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596ECE	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3170CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.149 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197dd',
    500: '#596ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ece;
$custom-light: #9197dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.231,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56943,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596ECE

secondary

#D9D0AA

accent

#C34ADE

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FB

border

#CCCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596ECE

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

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