#596FB9#596FB9

#596FB9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.118 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FB9
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 185)
HSL	hsl(226, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(226, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 40%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 13.12, -41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 43.65, 287.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% -0.0004 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.118 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5584, 16.9943, 48.1918)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FB9 #B9A359

analogous

#599FB9 #596FB9 #7359B9

triadic

#596FB9 #B9596F #6FB959

tetradic

#596FB9 #B9599F #B9A359 #59B973

square

#596FB9 #B9599F #B9A359 #59B973

split-complementary

#596FB9 #B97359 #9FB959

monochromatic

#2D3B6B #3F5396 #596FB9 #8494CB #AFBADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#596FB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#596FB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FB9

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FB9	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5177BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D7F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.118 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e98ce',
    500: '#596fb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fb9;
$custom-light: #8e98ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.25,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55859,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FB9

secondary

#CBC2A2

accent

#B557D1

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FB9

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

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