#596EE5#596EE5

#596EE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.181 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596EE5
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 229)
HSL	hsl(231, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(231, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 52%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 28.20, -62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 69.00, 294.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.0067 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.181 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8339, 18.9309, 76.5116)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596EE5 #E5D059

analogous

#59B4E5 #596EE5 #8A59E5

triadic

#596EE5 #E5596E #6EE559

tetradic

#596EE5 #E559B4 #E5D059 #59E58A

square

#596EE5 #E559B4 #E5D059 #59E58A

split-complementary

#596EE5 #E58A59 #B4E559

monochromatic

#1A30A9 #2440DD #596EE5 #8E9CED #C3CAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#596EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#596EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #596EE5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##596EE5	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.181 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9497ee',
    500: '#596ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596ee5;
$custom-light: #9497ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58494,
    "c": 0.18066,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596EE5

secondary

#E6DFB3

accent

#B810D5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #596EE5

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

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