#596F9A#596F9A

#596F9A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.073 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F9A
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 154)
HSL	hsl(220, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 27.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 3.51, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 26.12, 277.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% -0.0085 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.073 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6352, 15.8250, 32.7963)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F9A #9A8459

analogous

#59909A #596F9A #63599A

triadic

#596F9A #9A596F #6F9A59

tetradic

#596F9A #9A5990 #9A8459 #599A63

square

#596F9A #9A5990 #9A8459 #599A63

split-complementary

#596F9A #9A6359 #909A59

monochromatic

#2C374C #435373 #596F9A #7D8FB4 #A3B0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#596F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#596F9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F9A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F9A	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60729C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.073 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b98b8',
    500: '#596f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f9a;
$custom-light: #8b98b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.692,
    "s": 26.749,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54195,
    "c": 0.07268,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F9A

secondary

#B8AD97

accent

#A365C3

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F9A

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

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