#596FA1#596FA1

#596FA1 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.083 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FA1
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 161)
HSL	hsl(222, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(222, 45%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 31.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 5.61, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 30.05, 280.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% -0.0064 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.083 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2352, 16.0650, 35.9567)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FA1 #A18B59

analogous

#5993A1 #596FA1 #6759A1

triadic

#596FA1 #A1596F #6FA159

tetradic

#596FA1 #A15993 #A18B59 #59A167

square

#596FA1 #A15993 #A18B59 #59A167

split-complementary

#596FA1 #A16759 #93A159

monochromatic

#2D3952 #43547A #596FA1 #7F90B8 #A6B2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#596FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#596FA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FA1

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FA1	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D73A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.083 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b98bd',
    500: '#596fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fa1;
$custom-light: #8b98bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.667,
    "s": 28.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54545,
    "c": 0.08289,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FA1

secondary

#BCB19A

accent

#A763C5

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FA1

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

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