#596ED6#596ED6

#596ED6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.160 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596ED6
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 214)
HSL	hsl(230, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(230, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 48.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 23.22, -56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 60.65, 292.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.0053 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.16 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8293, 18.1290, 65.9542)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596ED6 #D6C159

analogous

#59ADD6 #596ED6 #8359D6

triadic

#596ED6 #D6596E #6ED659

tetradic

#596ED6 #D659AD #D6C159 #59D683

square

#596ED6 #D659AD #D6C159 #59D683

split-complementary

#596ED6 #D68359 #ADD659

monochromatic

#243691 #3048C2 #596ED6 #8A99E2 #BBC4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#596ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#596ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #596ED6

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##596ED6	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2471D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.160 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9297e3',
    500: '#596ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ed6;
$custom-light: #9297e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.92,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57467,
    "c": 0.16021,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596ED6

secondary

#DED6AD

accent

#C944E4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596ED6

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

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