#596FA7#596FA7

#596FA7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.092 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FA7
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 167)
HSL	hsl(223, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(223, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 7.45, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 33.44, 282.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% -0.0047 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.092 267)
XYZ	xyz(16.7771, 16.2817, 38.8104)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FA7 #A79159

analogous

#5996A7 #596FA7 #6A59A7

triadic

#596FA7 #A7596F #6FA759

tetradic

#596FA7 #A75996 #A79159 #59A76A

square

#596FA7 #A75996 #A79159 #59A76A

split-complementary

#596FA7 #A76A59 #96A759

monochromatic

#2E3A57 #43547F #596FA7 #8192BC #A9B4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#596FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#596FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FA7

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FA7	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A74A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.092 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98c1',
    500: '#596fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fa7;
$custom-light: #8c98c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.077,
    "s": 30.709,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54857,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.16283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FA7

secondary

#BFB59C

accent

#AA61C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FA7

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

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