#596b8c

Color #596b8c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.13 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#596b8c

RGB

rgb(89, 107, 140)

HSL

hsl(218.8, 22.3%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.8, 36.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(44.99, 1.87, -20.3)

LCH

lch(44.99, 20.39, 275.26)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.0567, 262.3)

HWB

hwb(218.8, 34.9%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c7a59

Analogous

#59858c

#596b8c

#60598c

Triadic

#596b8c

#8c596b

#6b8c59

Split-complementary

#596b8c

#8c6059

#858c59

Tetradic

#596b8c

#7a598c

#8c7a59

#6b8c59

Square

#596b8c

#8c5985

#8c7a59

#598c60

Shades

Color #596b8c mixed toward black.

#4a5975

#3b475d

#2c3646

#1e242f

#0f1217

Tints

Color #596b8c mixed toward white.

#7082a4

#8c9bb6

#a9b4c8

#c6cddb

#e2e6ed

Tones

Color #596b8c mixed toward gray.

#5d6c88

#616e84

#666f7f

#6a707b

#6e7177

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616185 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#605f83 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#5a7f7e · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 14

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596b8c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596b8c]

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

#596b8c (#596b8c) is rgb(89, 107, 140) in RGB.

No, #596b8c 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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