#596FB6#596FB6

#596FB6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.114 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FB6
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 182)
HSL	hsl(226, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(226, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 39%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 12.16, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 41.95, 286.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% -0.0011 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.114 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2450, 16.8689, 46.5415)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FB6 #B6A059

analogous

#599EB6 #596FB6 #7159B6

triadic

#596FB6 #B6596F #6FB659

tetradic

#596FB6 #B6599E #B6A059 #59B671

square

#596FB6 #B6599E #B6A059 #59B671

split-complementary

#596FB6 #B67159 #9EB659

monochromatic

#2D3B67 #405392 #596FB6 #8494C9 #AEB9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#596FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#596FB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FB6

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FB6	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5377B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#307E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.114 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e98cc',
    500: '#596fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fb6;
$custom-light: #8e98cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.806,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55685,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FB6

secondary

#C9C0A1

accent

#B359CF

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FB6

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

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