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Recognised as Colour

#596DEB

  • #596DEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#596DEB is a blue with RGB values 89, 109, 235 and HSL 232°, 78%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#596DEB#596DEB
HEX#596DEB
RGBrgb(89, 109, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4275, 0.9216
RGB percentages34.9%, 42.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(231.8, 78.5%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.8, 62.1%, 92.2%)
CMYK62.1%, 53.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,860,843
CSS custom property--colour: #596DEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#A69214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1280EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008BA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 5.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.4Slate blue · ΔE 11.2Medium purple · ΔE 17.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 5.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBD759
Analogous#59B6EB, #8E59EB
Triadic#EB596D, #6DEB59
Split complementary#EB8E59, #B6EB59
Tetradic#EB59B6, #EBD759, #59EB8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2E5FB
Lighter +20%#B4BDF6
Lighter +10%#8795F0
Darker −10%#2B45E6
Darker −20%#1830C6
Darker −30%#122599
Darker −40%#0D1A6B
More saturated +25%#455EFF
Less saturated −25%#707ED4

Channel breakdown

R89
G109
B235
Red89 (34.9%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue231.78°
Saturation (HSL)78.49%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6D · B EB

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