#596F9C#596F9C

#596F9C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.076 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F9C
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 156)
HSL	hsl(220, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(220, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 28.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 4.11, -26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 27.24, 278.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% -0.0079 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.076 264)
XYZ	xyz(15.8031, 15.8922, 33.6808)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F9C #9C8659

analogous

#59909C #596F9C #65599C

triadic

#596F9C #9C596F #6F9C59

tetradic

#596F9C #9C5990 #9C8659 #599C65

square

#596F9C #9C5990 #9C8659 #599C65

split-complementary

#596F9C #9C6559 #909C59

monochromatic

#2D384E #435375 #596F9C #7D90B5 #A4B1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#596F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#596F9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F9C

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F9C	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F729E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.076 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b98b9',
    500: '#596f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f9c;
$custom-light: #8b98b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.299,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54293,
    "c": 0.07559,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.15893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F9C

secondary

#B9AE98

accent

#A464C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F9C

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

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