#596EE2#596EE2

#596EE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.177 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EE2
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 226)
HSL	hsl(231, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(231, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 51.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 27.20, -61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 67.34, 293.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.0064 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.177 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4187, 18.7648, 74.3246)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EE2 #E2CD59

analogous

#59B3E2 #596EE2 #8959E2

triadic

#596EE2 #E2596E #6EE259

tetradic

#596EE2 #E259B3 #E2CD59 #59E289

square

#596EE2 #E259B3 #E2CD59 #59E289

split-complementary

#596EE2 #E28959 #B3E259

monochromatic

#1D31A4 #2641D8 #596EE2 #8D9CEB #C1C9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#596EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#596EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #596EE2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##596EE2	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.177 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9497ec',
    500: '#596ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ee2;
$custom-light: #9497ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.803,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58284,
    "c": 0.17662,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EE2

secondary

#E5DDB2

accent

#B513D2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EE2

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

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