#596F8F#596F8F

#596F8F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.057 H 257.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F8F
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 143)
HSL	hsl(216, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(216, 38%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 0.32, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 20.10, 270.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% -0.0121 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.057 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7607, 15.4752, 28.1905)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F8F #8F7959

analogous

#598A8F #596F8F #5E598F

triadic

#596F8F #8F596F #6F8F59

tetradic

#596F8F #8F598A #8F7959 #598F5E

square

#596F8F #8F598A #8F7959 #598F5E

split-complementary

#596F8F #8F5E59 #8A8F59

monochromatic

#2A3444 #425269 #596F8F #798EAC #9FAEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#596F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#596F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F8F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F8F	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48767A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.057 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a98b0',
    500: '#596f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f8f;
$custom-light: #8a98b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.556,
    "s": 23.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53677,
    "c": 0.05694,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F8F

secondary

#B1A593

accent

#9C68C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F8F

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

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