#596cbb

Color #596cbb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.6 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#596cbb

RGB

rgb(89, 108, 187)

HSL

hsl(228.4, 41.9%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.4, 52.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.4%, 42.2%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(47.54, 15.62, -43.92)

LCH

lch(47.54, 46.61, 289.58)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.1246, 271.61)

HWB

hwb(228.4, 34.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bba859

Analogous

#599dbb

#596cbb

#7759bb

Triadic

#596cbb

#bb596c

#6cbb59

Split-complementary

#596cbb

#bb7759

#9dbb59

Tetradic

#596cbb

#a859bb

#bba859

#6cbb59

Square

#596cbb

#bb599d

#bba859

#59bb77

Shades

Color #596cbb mixed toward black.

#4355a3

#354483

#283362

#1b2241

#0d1121

Tints

Color #596cbb mixed toward white.

#7584c6

#909dd2

#acb5dd

#c8cee8

#e3e6f4

Tones

Color #596cbb mixed toward gray.

#6171b3

#6976ab

#717ba2

#7a809a

#828592

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.29:1

White text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262ac · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#615fa8 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#5a9f9c · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 23

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596cbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596cbb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#596cbb (#596cbb) is rgb(89, 108, 187) in RGB.

No, #596cbb 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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