#596f93

Color #596f93

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.91 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#596f93

RGB

rgb(89, 111, 147)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 24.6%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 39.5%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(46.44, 1.46, -22.21)

LCH

lch(46.44, 22.26, 273.76)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.0626, 260.07)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 34.9%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#937d59

Analogous

#598c93

#596f93

#605993

Triadic

#596f93

#93596f

#6f9359

Split-complementary

#596f93

#936059

#8c9359

Tetradic

#596f93

#7d5993

#937d59

#6f9359

Square

#596f93

#93598c

#937d59

#599360

Shades

Color #596f93 mixed toward black.

#4a5d7b

#3b4a62

#2d384a

#1e2531

#0f1319

Tints

Color #596f93 mixed toward white.

#7186a9

#8d9eba

#aab6cb

#c6cfdd

#e3e7ee

Tones

Color #596f93 mixed toward gray.

#5e708e

#637189

#687385

#6c7480

#71757b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63638b · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#626089 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#5a8583 · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 14.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #596f93;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#596f93]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#596f93 (#596f93) is rgb(89, 111, 147) in RGB.

No, #596f93 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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