#596FA5#596FA5

#596FA5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.089 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FA5
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 165)
HSL	hsl(223, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(223, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 32.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 6.83, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 32.30, 282.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% -0.0053 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.089 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5936, 16.2084, 37.8442)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FA5 #A58F59

analogous

#5995A5 #596FA5 #6959A5

triadic

#596FA5 #A5596F #6FA559

tetradic

#596FA5 #A55995 #A58F59 #59A569

square

#596FA5 #A55995 #A58F59 #59A569

split-complementary

#596FA5 #A56959 #95A559

monochromatic

#2E3A55 #44547D #596FA5 #8091BB #A8B4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#596FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#596FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FA5

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FA5	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B74A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.089 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98c0',
    500: '#596fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fa5;
$custom-light: #8c98c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.632,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54752,
    "c": 0.08875,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FA5

secondary

#BEB49C

accent

#A962C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FA5

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

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