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Recognised as Colour

#596E9E

  • #596E9E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#596E9E is a blue with RGB values 89, 110, 158 and HSL 222°, 28%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#596E9E#596E9E
HEX#596E9E
RGBrgb(89, 110, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4314, 0.6196
RGB percentages34.9%, 43.1%, 62%
HSLhsl(221.7, 27.9%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.7, 43.7%, 62%)
CMYK43.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,861,022
CSS custom property--colour: #596E9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1
Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#A69161

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D72A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#566C9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#41787Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.7Slate grey · ΔE 20.3Light slate grey · ΔE 21Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.2Dim grey · ΔE 29Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E8959
Analogous#59909E, #67599E
Triadic#9E596E, #6E9E59
Split complementary#9E6759, #919E59
Tetradic#9E5990, #9E8959, #599E67

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9DEEA
Lighter +30%#B9C2D7
Lighter +20%#98A6C5
Lighter +10%#7789B3
Darker −10%#47577D
Darker −20%#34415D
Darker −30%#222A3C
Darker −40%#0F131C
More saturated +25%#3A62BD
Less saturated −25%#787A7F

Channel breakdown

R89
G110
B158
Red89 (34.9%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue221.74°
Saturation (HSL)27.94%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6E · B 9E

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