#596178

Color #596178

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#596178

RGB

rgb(89, 97, 120)

HSL

hsl(224.5, 14.8%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.5, 25.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(41.26, 2.5, -13.94)

LCH

lch(41.26, 14.16, 280.17)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.0382, 270)

HWB

hwb(224.5, 34.9%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#787059

Analogous

#597178

#596178

#615978

Triadic

#596178

#785961

#617859

Split-complementary

#596178

#786159

#717859

Tetradic

#596178

#705978

#787059

#617859

Square

#596178

#785971

#787059

#597861

Shades

Color #596178 mixed toward black.

#4a5164

#3b4150

#2d313c

#1e2028

#0f1014

Tints

Color #596178 mixed toward white.

#6f7994

#8c94aa

#a9aebf

#c5c9d4

#e2e4ea

Tones

Color #596178 mixed toward gray.

#5c6275

#5e6473

#616570

#63666e

#66676b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d73 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#5c5b72 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#596f6e · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 10.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #596178;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596178]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#596178 (#596178) is rgb(89, 97, 120) in RGB.

No, #596178 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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