Colour

#596FB7

#596FB7
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#596FB7 is a blue with RGB values 89, 111, 183 and HSL 226°, 39%, 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

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HEX#596FB7

RGBrgb(89, 111, 183)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4353, 0.7176

RGB percentages34.9%, 43.5%, 71.8%

HSLhsl(226, 39.5%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226, 51.4%, 71.8%)

CMYK51.4%, 39.3%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,861,303

CSS custom property--colour: #596FB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#A69048

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5377BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#486EB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#2F7E8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.6 Steel blue · ΔE 19.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22 Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.5 Medium purple · ΔE 27 Royal blue · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B7A159

Analogous#599EB7, #7259B7

Triadic#B7596F, #6FB759

Split complementary#B77259, #9EB759

Tetradic#B7599E, #B7A159, #59B772

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7EAF5

Lighter +30%#C4CCE5

Lighter +20%#A0ADD6

Lighter +10%#7D8EC6

Darker −10%#43579A

Darker −20%#334377

Darker −30%#242F53

Darker −40%#151B2F

More saturated +25%#3B5FD5

Less saturated −25%#777F99

Channel breakdown

R89

G111

B183

Red89 (34.9%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue183 (71.8%)

Hue225.96°

Saturation (HSL)39.5%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 6F · B B7

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