#596ED9#596ED9

#596ED9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.164 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596ED9
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 217)
HSL	hsl(230, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(230, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 24.21, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 62.33, 292.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.0056 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.164 272)
XYZ	xyz(22.2160, 18.2837, 67.9906)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596ED9 #D9C459

analogous

#59AED9 #596ED9 #8459D9

triadic

#596ED9 #D9596E #6ED959

tetradic

#596ED9 #D959AE #D9C459 #59D984

square

#596ED9 #D959AE #D9C459 #59D984

split-complementary

#596ED9 #D98459 #AED959

monochromatic

#223595 #2E47C7 #596ED9 #8B9AE4 #BDC5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#596ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#596ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #596ED9

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##596ED9	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E71D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.164 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9297e5',
    500: '#596ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ed9;
$custom-light: #9297e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.156,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57668,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.18285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596ED9

secondary

#E0D7AE

accent

#CB42E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596ED9

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

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