#596FB7#596FB7

#596FB7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.115 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FB7
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 183)
HSL	hsl(226, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(226, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 39.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 12.48, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 42.52, 287.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% -0.0009 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.115 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3487, 16.9104, 47.0877)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FB7 #B7A159

analogous

#599EB7 #596FB7 #7259B7

triadic

#596FB7 #B7596F #6FB759

tetradic

#596FB7 #B7599E #B7A159 #59B772

square

#596FB7 #B7599E #B7A159 #59B772

split-complementary

#596FB7 #B77259 #9EB759

monochromatic

#2D3B68 #405393 #596FB7 #8494CA #AEB9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#596FB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#596FB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FB7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FB7	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5377BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F7E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.115 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e98cd',
    500: '#596fb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fb7;
$custom-light: #8e98cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.957,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55743,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FB7

secondary

#CAC1A2

accent

#B458CF

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FB7

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

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