Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#596AB7

  • #596AB7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#596AB7 is a blue with RGB values 89, 106, 183 and HSL 229°, 39%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#596AB7#596AB7
HEX#596AB7
RGBrgb(89, 106, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4157, 0.7176
RGB percentages34.9%, 41.6%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(229.1, 39.5%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.1, 51.4%, 71.8%)
CMYK51.4%, 42.1%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,860,023
CSS custom property--colour: #596AB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#A69548

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B73BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#416BB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#307A87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.1Medium purple · ΔE 23.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.8Royal blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7A659
Analogous#5999B7, #7759B7
Triadic#B7596A, #6AB759
Split complementary#B77759, #99B759
Tetradic#B75999, #B7A659, #59B777

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7EAF5
Lighter +30%#C4CAE5
Lighter +20%#A0AAD6
Lighter +10%#7D8AC6
Darker −10%#43539A
Darker −20%#334077
Darker −30%#242C53
Darker −40%#15192F
More saturated +25%#3B57D5
Less saturated −25%#777D99

Channel breakdown

R89
G106
B183
Red89 (34.9%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue229.15°
Saturation (HSL)39.5%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6A · B B7

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “596ab7” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.