#596EDE#596EDE

#596EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.171 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EDE
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(231, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(231, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 25.87, -59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 65.11, 293.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.0061 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.171 272)
XYZ	xyz(22.8762, 18.5478, 71.4676)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EDE #DEC959

analogous

#59B0DE #596EDE #8659DE

triadic

#596EDE #DE596E #6EDE59

tetradic

#596EDE #DE59B0 #DEC959 #59DE86

square

#596EDE #DE59B0 #DEC959 #59DE86

split-complementary

#596EDE #DE8659 #B0DE59

monochromatic

#1F339D #2944D0 #596EDE #8C9BE8 #BFC7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#596EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#596EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #596EDE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##596EDE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E72DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.171 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397e9',
    500: '#596ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ede;
$custom-light: #9397e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58008,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.1855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EDE

secondary

#E2DBB0

accent

#B217CF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EDE

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

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