#596280

Color #596280

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.55 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#596280

RGB

rgb(89, 98, 128)

HSL

hsl(226.2, 18%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.2, 30.5%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(41.87, 4.02, -17.87)

LCH

lch(41.87, 18.32, 282.68)

OKLCH

oklch(50%, 0.0493, 271.51)

HWB

hwb(226.2, 34.9%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#807759

Analogous

#597580

#596280

#635980

Triadic

#596280

#805962

#628059

Split-complementary

#596280

#806359

#758059

Tetradic

#596280

#775980

#807759

#628059

Square

#596280

#805975

#807759

#598063

Shades

Color #596280 mixed toward black.

#4a526b

#3b4155

#2c3140

#1e212b

#0f1015

Tints

Color #596280 mixed toward white.

#6f799b

#8c94af

#a8afc3

#c5c9d7

#e2e4eb

Tones

Color #596280 mixed toward gray.

#5c647d

#5f6579

#636776

#666973

#696b70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.48:1

White text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d7a · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#5d5c78 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#597473 · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 13.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596280;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596280]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#596280 (#596280) is rgb(89, 98, 128) in RGB.

No, #596280 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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