#596FA8#596FA8

#596FA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.093 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FA8
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 168)
HSL	hsl(223, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(223, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 33.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 7.76, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 34.00, 283.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% -0.0044 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.093 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8699, 16.3189, 39.2991)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FA8 #A89259

analogous

#5996A8 #596FA8 #6A59A8

triadic

#596FA8 #A8596F #6FA859

tetradic

#596FA8 #A85996 #A89259 #59A86A

square

#596FA8 #A85996 #A89259 #59A86A

split-complementary

#596FA8 #A86A59 #96A859

monochromatic

#2E3A58 #435480 #596FA8 #8192BD #A9B5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#596FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#596FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FA8

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FA8	1.00	4.92	4.26	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A74AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.093 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98c2',
    500: '#596fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fa8;
$custom-light: #8c98c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.291,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5491,
    "c": 0.09314,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FA8

secondary

#C0B69D

accent

#AB60C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FA8

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

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