#596FAC#596FAC

#596FAC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.099 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FAC
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 172)
HSL	hsl(224, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(224, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 9.00, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 36.27, 284.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% -0.0034 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.099 268)
XYZ	xyz(17.2483, 16.4702, 41.2919)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FAC #AC9659

analogous

#5998AC #596FAC #6C59AC

triadic

#596FAC #AC596F #6FAC59

tetradic

#596FAC #AC5998 #AC9659 #59AC6C

square

#596FAC #AC5998 #AC9659 #59AC6C

split-complementary

#596FAC #AC6C59 #98AC59

monochromatic

#2E3A5C #435485 #596FAC #8292C0 #ABB6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#596FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#596FAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FAC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FAC	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5875AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#387C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.099 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98c5',
    500: '#596fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fac;
$custom-light: #8c98c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.096,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55126,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.16471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FAC

secondary

#C3B99E

accent

#AD5EC9

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FAC

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

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