#596FA6#596FA6

#596FA6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.090 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FA6
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 166)
HSL	hsl(223, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(223, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 33.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 7.14, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 32.87, 282.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% -0.005 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.09 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6850, 16.2449, 38.3254)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FA6 #A69059

analogous

#5996A6 #596FA6 #6959A6

triadic

#596FA6 #A6596F #6FA659

tetradic

#596FA6 #A65996 #A69059 #59A669

square

#596FA6 #A65996 #A69059 #59A669

split-complementary

#596FA6 #A66959 #96A659

monochromatic

#2E3A56 #44547E #596FA6 #8192BB #A9B4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#596FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#596FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FA6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FA6	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B74A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C7B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.090 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98c0',
    500: '#596fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fa6;
$custom-light: #8c98c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 30.196,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54804,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FA6

secondary

#BFB59C

accent

#AA61C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FA6

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

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