#596FB4#596FB4

#596FB4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.111 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FB4
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 180)
HSL	hsl(225, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(225, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 38.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 11.52, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 40.81, 286.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% -0.0015 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.111 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0398, 16.7868, 45.4608)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FB4 #B49E59

analogous

#599CB4 #596FB4 #7159B4

triadic

#596FB4 #B4596F #6FB459

tetradic

#596FB4 #B4599C #B49E59 #59B471

square

#596FB4 #B4599C #B49E59 #59B471

split-complementary

#596FB4 #B47159 #9CB459

monochromatic

#2E3B65 #41548F #596FB4 #8394C7 #ADB8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#596FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#596FB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FB4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FB4	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#327E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.111 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d98cb',
    500: '#596fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fb4;
$custom-light: #8d98cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.495,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55571,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FB4

secondary

#C8BFA1

accent

#B25ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FB4

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

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