#596eca

Color #596eca

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.39 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#596eca

RGB

rgb(89, 110, 202)

HSL

hsl(228.8, 51.6%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.8, 55.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.9%, 45.5%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(48.93, 19.26, -50.34)

LCH

lch(48.93, 53.9, 290.94)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.1434, 271.48)

HWB

hwb(228.8, 34.9%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cab559

Analogous

#59a7ca

#596eca

#7d59ca

Triadic

#596eca

#ca596e

#6eca59

Split-complementary

#596eca

#ca7d59

#a7ca59

Tetradic

#596eca

#b559ca

#cab559

#6eca59

Square

#596eca

#ca59a7

#cab559

#59ca7d

Shades

Color #596eca mixed toward black.

#3b52b8

#2f4293

#23316e

#17214a

#0c1025

Tints

Color #596eca mixed toward white.

#7586d3

#909edc

#acb7e5

#c8cfed

#e3e7f6

Tones

Color #596eca mixed toward gray.

#6374c1

#6c7ab7

#7580ae

#7f86a4

#888c9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.51:1

White text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363b9 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#6260b5 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#5aaaa7 · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 24.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596eca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596eca]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#596eca (#596eca) is rgb(89, 110, 202) in RGB.

No, #596eca 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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