#596FAE#596FAE

#596FAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.102 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FAE
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 174)
HSL	hsl(224, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(224, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 9.63, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 37.41, 284.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% -0.0029 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.102 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4418, 16.5476, 42.3111)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FAE #AE9859

analogous

#599AAE #596FAE #6E59AE

triadic

#596FAE #AE596F #6FAE59

tetradic

#596FAE #AE599A #AE9859 #59AE6E

square

#596FAE #AE599A #AE9859 #59AE6E

split-complementary

#596FAE #AE6E59 #9AAE59

monochromatic

#2E3B5E #425488 #596FAE #8293C2 #ABB6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#596FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#596FAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FAE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FAE	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5775B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#377C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.102 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d98c6',
    500: '#596fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fae;
$custom-light: #8d98c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.471,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55235,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FAE

secondary

#C4BA9F

accent

#AE5DCA

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FAE

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

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