#596FC8#596FC8

#596FC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.139 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596FC8
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 200)
HSL	hsl(228, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(228, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 44.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 17.98, -48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 52.15, 290.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.0023 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.139 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2262, 17.6614, 56.9755)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596FC8 #C8B259

analogous

#59A7C8 #596FC8 #7B59C8

triadic

#596FC8 #C8596F #6FC859

tetradic

#596FC8 #C859A7 #C8B259 #59C87B

square

#596FC8 #C859A7 #C8B259 #59C87B

split-complementary

#596FC8 #C87B59 #A7C859

monochromatic

#293A7D #394FAB #596FC8 #8797D7 #B5BFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#596FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#596FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596FC8

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596FC8	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A70C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.139 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9098d9',
    500: '#596fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596fc8;
$custom-light: #9098d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.108,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56765,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596FC8

secondary

#D5CCA8

accent

#BE4EDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FA

border

#CCCCD3

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #596FC8

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

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