#596F9D#596F9D

#596F9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.077 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F9D
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 157)
HSL	hsl(221, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(221, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 4.41, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 27.80, 279.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% -0.0076 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.077 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8881, 15.9262, 34.1286)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F9D #9D8759

analogous

#59919D #596F9D #65599D

triadic

#596F9D #9D596F #6F9D59

tetradic

#596F9D #9D5991 #9D8759 #599D65

square

#596F9D #9D5991 #9D8759 #599D65

split-complementary

#596F9D #9D6559 #919D59

monochromatic

#2D384F #435376 #596F9D #7E90B6 #A5B1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#596F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#596F9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F9D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F9D	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F739F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.077 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b98ba',
    500: '#596f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f9d;
$custom-light: #8b98ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.588,
    "s": 27.642,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54343,
    "c": 0.07704,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F9D

secondary

#BAAF98

accent

#A564C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F9D

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

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