#596EE3#596EE3

#596EE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.178 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EE3
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 227)
HSL	hsl(231, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(231, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 51.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 27.54, -62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 67.89, 293.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.0065 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.178 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5563, 18.8198, 75.0494)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EE3 #E3CE59

analogous

#59B3E3 #596EE3 #8959E3

triadic

#596EE3 #E3596E #6EE359

tetradic

#596EE3 #E359B3 #E3CE59 #59E389

square

#596EE3 #E359B3 #E3CE59 #59E389

split-complementary

#596EE3 #E38959 #B3E359

monochromatic

#1C31A6 #2540DA #596EE3 #8D9CEC #C2C9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#596EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#596EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #596EE3

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##596EE3	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.178 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9497ec',
    500: '#596ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ee3;
$custom-light: #9497ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.87,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58354,
    "c": 0.17797,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EE3

secondary

#E5DEB2

accent

#B612D3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EE3

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

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