#596580

Color #596580

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.49 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#596580

RGB

rgb(89, 101, 128)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 18%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 30.5%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(42.75, 2.19, -16.53)

LCH

lch(42.75, 16.67, 277.55)

OKLCH

oklch(50.7%, 0.0456, 266.1)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 34.9%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#807459

Analogous

#597880

#596580

#605980

Triadic

#596580

#805965

#658059

Split-complementary

#596580

#806059

#788059

Tetradic

#596580

#745980

#807459

#658059

Square

#596580

#805978

#807459

#598060

Shades

Color #596580 mixed toward black.

#4a546b

#3b4355

#2c3240

#1e222b

#0f1115

Tints

Color #596580 mixed toward white.

#6f7c9b

#8c97af

#a8b1c3

#c5cbd7

#e2e5eb

Tones

Color #596580 mixed toward gray.

#5c667d

#5f6779

#636976

#666a73

#696b70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.6:1

White text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5f7a · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#5e5d79 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#5a7574 · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596580;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596580]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#596580 (#596580) is rgb(89, 101, 128) in RGB.

No, #596580 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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