Colour

#596BB9

#596BB9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#596BB9 is a blue with RGB values 89, 107, 185 and HSL 229°, 41%, 54%. 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

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HEX#596BB9

RGBrgb(89, 107, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4196, 0.7255

RGB percentages34.9%, 42%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(228.8, 40.7%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(228.8, 51.9%, 72.5%)

CMYK51.9%, 42.2%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,860,281

CSS custom property--colour: #596BB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1

Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#A69446

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B74BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#416CB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#2E7C89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.4 Steel blue · ΔE 23.2 Medium purple · ΔE 23.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.1 Royal blue · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B9A759

Analogous#599BB9, #7759B9

Triadic#B9596B, #6BB959

Split complementary#B97759, #9BB959

Tetradic#B9599B, #B9A759, #59B977

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E8EBF6

Lighter +30%#C5CBE6

Lighter +20%#A1ABD7

Lighter +10%#7D8BC8

Darker −10%#42539D

Darker −20%#334079

Darker −30%#242D55

Darker −40%#151A31

More saturated +25%#3B59D7

Less saturated −25%#777D9C

Channel breakdown

R89

G107

B185

Red89 (34.9%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue228.75°

Saturation (HSL)40.68%

Lightness53.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 6B · B B9

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