#596FA9#596FA9

#596FA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.095 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FA9
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 169)
HSL	hsl(224, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(224, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 8.07, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 34.57, 283.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% -0.0042 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.095 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9634, 16.3563, 39.7916)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FA9 #A99359

analogous

#5997A9 #596FA9 #6B59A9

triadic

#596FA9 #A9596F #6FA959

tetradic

#596FA9 #A95997 #A99359 #59A96B

square

#596FA9 #A95997 #A99359 #59A96B

split-complementary

#596FA9 #A96B59 #97A959

monochromatic

#2E3A59 #435482 #596FA9 #8192BE #AAB5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#596FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#596FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FA9

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FA9	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A74AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A7B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.095 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98c3',
    500: '#596fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fa9;
$custom-light: #8c98c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.5,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54964,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FA9

secondary

#C1B79D

accent

#AB60C8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FA9

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

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