#596f96

Color #596f96

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.11 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#596f96

RGB

rgb(89, 111, 150)

HSL

hsl(218.4, 25.5%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.4, 40.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.7%, 26%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(46.57, 2.34, -23.79)

LCH

lch(46.57, 23.9, 275.62)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.0669, 261.58)

HWB

hwb(218.4, 34.9%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#968059

Analogous

#598e96

#596f96

#625996

Triadic

#596f96

#96596f

#6f9659

Split-complementary

#596f96

#966259

#8e9659

Tetradic

#596f96

#805996

#968059

#6f9659

Square

#596f96

#96598e

#968059

#599662

Shades

Color #596f96 mixed toward black.

#4a5d7d

#3b4a64

#2d384b

#1e2532

#0f1319

Tints

Color #596f96 mixed toward white.

#7186ab

#8e9ebc

#aab6cd

#c6cfdd

#e3e7ee

Tones

Color #596f96 mixed toward gray.

#5e7091

#63728c

#687387

#6d7582

#73767d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.14:1

White text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63638e · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#62608c · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#5a8785 · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 15.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #596f96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596f96]

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

#596f96 (#596f96) is rgb(89, 111, 150) in RGB.

No, #596f96 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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