#596F9E#596F9E

#596F9E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.079 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F9E
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(221, 44%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 29.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 4.71, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 28.36, 279.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0073 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.079 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9739, 15.9605, 34.5801)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F9E #9E8859

analogous

#59919E #596F9E #65599E

triadic

#596F9E #9E596F #6F9E59

tetradic

#596F9E #9E5991 #9E8859 #599E65

square

#596F9E #9E5991 #9E8859 #599E65

split-complementary

#596F9E #9E6559 #919E59

monochromatic

#2D3850 #435377 #596F9E #7E90B6 #A5B2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#596F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#596F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F9E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F9E	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E73A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.079 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b98bb',
    500: '#596f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f9e;
$custom-light: #8b98bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.87,
    "s": 27.935,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54393,
    "c": 0.07851,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F9E

secondary

#BAAF99

accent

#A564C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F9E

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

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