#596986

Color #596986

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.95 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#596986

RGB

rgb(89, 105, 134)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 20.2%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 33.6%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(44.16, 1.4, -17.98)

LCH

lch(44.16, 18.03, 274.45)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.0501, 262.19)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 34.9%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#867659

Analogous

#597f86

#596986

#5f5986

Triadic

#596986

#865969

#698659

Split-complementary

#596986

#865f59

#7f8659

Tetradic

#596986

#765986

#867659

#698659

Square

#596986

#86597f

#867659

#59865f

Shades

Color #596986 mixed toward black.

#4a5770

#3b4659

#2c3443

#1e232d

#0f1116

Tints

Color #596986 mixed toward white.

#6f80a0

#8c9ab3

#a9b3c6

#c5ccd9

#e2e6ec

Tones

Color #596986 mixed toward gray.

#5d6a82

#606b7e

#646c7b

#686d77

#6c6e73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606080 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#5f5e7e · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#5a7a79 · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 12.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596986;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596986]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#596986 (#596986) is rgb(89, 105, 134) in RGB.

No, #596986 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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