#596495

Color #596495

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.26 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#596495

RGB

rgb(89, 100, 149)

HSL

hsl(229, 25.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229, 40.3%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.3%, 32.9%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(43.37, 8.78, -28.17)

LCH

lch(43.37, 29.51, 287.31)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.079, 273.63)

HWB

hwb(229, 34.9%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#958a59

Analogous

#598295

#596495

#6c5995

Triadic

#596495

#955964

#649559

Split-complementary

#596495

#956c59

#829559

Tetradic

#596495

#8a5995

#958a59

#649559

Square

#596495

#955982

#958a59

#59956c

Shades

Color #596495 mixed toward black.

#4a537c

#3b4363

#2d324b

#1e2132

#0f1119

Tints

Color #596495 mixed toward white.

#717caa

#8e96bb

#aab0cc

#c6cadd

#e3e5ee

Tones

Color #596495 mixed toward gray.

#5e6790

#636a8b

#686e86

#6d7181

#72747c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e8b · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#5d5c89 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#5a8381 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596495;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596495]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#596495 (#596495) is rgb(89, 100, 149) in RGB.

No, #596495 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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