#596ED8#596ED8

#596ED8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.163 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596ED8
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 216)
HSL	hsl(230, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(230, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 49.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 23.88, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 61.77, 292.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.0055 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.163 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0863, 18.2318, 67.3076)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596ED8 #D8C359

analogous

#59ADD8 #596ED8 #8459D8

triadic

#596ED8 #D8596E #6ED859

tetradic

#596ED8 #D859AD #D8C359 #59D884

square

#596ED8 #D859AD #D8C359 #59D884

split-complementary

#596ED8 #D88459 #ADD859

monochromatic

#233594 #2E47C5 #596ED8 #8B99E4 #BCC5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#596ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#596ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #596ED8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##596ED8	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2071D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.163 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9297e5',
    500: '#596ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ed8;
$custom-light: #9297e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.079,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57601,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596ED8

secondary

#DFD7AE

accent

#CA43E5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596ED8

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

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