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Recognised as Colour

#596FB4

  • #596FB4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#596FB4 is a blue with RGB values 89, 111, 180 and HSL 225°, 38%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#596FB4#596FB4
HEX#596FB4
RGBrgb(89, 111, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4353, 0.7059
RGB percentages34.9%, 43.5%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(225.5, 37.8%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.5, 50.6%, 70.6%)
CMYK50.6%, 38.3%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,861,300
CSS custom property--colour: #596FB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#A6904B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5476B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B6EB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#327E89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.4Steel blue · ΔE 17.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.8Medium purple · ΔE 28.4Royal blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B49E59
Analogous#599DB4, #7059B4
Triadic#B4596F, #6FB459
Split complementary#B47059, #9DB459
Tetradic#B4599D, #B49E59, #59B470

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E9F3
Lighter +30%#C2CAE4
Lighter +20%#9FACD4
Lighter +10%#7C8DC4
Darker −10%#445896
Darker −20%#344373
Darker −30%#242F50
Darker −40%#141A2D
More saturated +25%#3B5FD2
Less saturated −25%#777F96

Channel breakdown

R89
G111
B180
Red89 (34.9%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue225.49°
Saturation (HSL)37.76%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6F · B B4

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