#596ee5

Color #596ee5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 4.09 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#596ee5

RGB

rgb(89, 110, 229)

HSL

hsl(231, 72.9%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231, 61.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.1%, 52%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(50.61, 28.2, -62.97)

LCH

lch(50.61, 69, 294.12)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.1806, 272.13)

HWB

hwb(231, 34.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5d059

Analogous

#59b4e5

#596ee5

#8a59e5

Triadic

#596ee5

#e5596e

#6ee559

Split-complementary

#596ee5

#e58a59

#b4e559

Tetradic

#596ee5

#d059e5

#e5d059

#6ee559

Square

#596ee5

#e559b4

#e5d059

#59e58a

Shades

Color #596ee5 mixed toward black.

#2b46de

#1d34b7

#16278a

#0e1a5c

#070d2e

Tints

Color #596ee5 mixed toward white.

#7586e9

#909eee

#acb7f2

#c8cff6

#e3e7fb

Tones

Color #596ee5 mixed toward gray.

#6576d9

#717fce

#7c87c2

#888fb6

#9397ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363d0 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#6260cb · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#5abdb9 · ΔE 37.5

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 27.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596ee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596ee5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#596ee5 (#596ee5) is rgb(89, 110, 229) in RGB.

No, #596ee5 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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