#596F8E#596F8E

#596F8E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.056 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F8E
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(215, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 0.03, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 19.56, 270.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% -0.0125 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.056 257)
XYZ	xyz(14.6852, 15.4450, 27.7933)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F8E #8E7859

analogous

#598A8E #596F8E #5D598E

triadic

#596F8E #8E596F #6F8E59

tetradic

#596F8E #8E598A #8E7859 #598E5D

square

#596F8E #8E598A #8E7859 #598E5D

split-complementary

#596F8E #8E5D59 #8A8E59

monochromatic

#2A3443 #415268 #596F8E #798EAB #9FAEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#596F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#596F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F8E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F8E	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64708F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.056 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a98af',
    500: '#596f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f8e;
$custom-light: #8a98af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.094,
    "s": 22.944,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53632,
    "c": 0.05555,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.15446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F8E

secondary

#B0A492

accent

#9B68BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F8E

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

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