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#596EF8

#596ef8 ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#596ef8 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.9% red, 43.14% green and 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.11% cyan, 55.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 232.08°, with 91.91% saturation and 66.08% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 3.61.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2005

Complementary

  1. #596ef8
  2. #f8e359

Split complementary

  1. #596ef8
  2. #f89459
  3. #bdf859

Analogous

  1. #59bdf8
  2. #596ef8
  3. #9459f8

Triadic

  1. #596ef8
  2. #f8596e
  3. #6ef859

Tetradic

  1. #596ef8
  2. #e359f8
  3. #f8e359
  4. #6ef859

Square

  1. #596ef8
  2. #f859bd
  3. #f8e359
  4. #59f894

Monochromatic

  1. #071eb1
  2. #102ef5
  3. #596ef8
  4. #a2aefb
  5. #ebeefe

Shades

#596ef8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #596ef8
  2. #5063df
  3. #4758c6
  4. #3e4dae
  5. #354295
  6. #2d377c
  7. #242c63
  8. #1b214a
  9. #121632
  10. #090b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#596ef8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #596ef8
  2. #6a7df9
  3. #7a8bf9
  4. #8b9afa
  5. #9ba8fb
  6. #acb7fc
  7. #bdc5fc
  8. #cdd4fd
  9. #dee2fe
  10. #eef1fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#596ef8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #596ef8
  2. #5d70ec
  3. #6172e0
  4. #6573d4
  5. #6975c8
  6. #6d77bc
  7. #7079b0
  8. #747ba4
  9. #787c98
  10. #7c7e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f76bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0083fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008fa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #327bfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2072f6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1583cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-596ef8 {
  color: #596ef8;
}
Background
.bg-596ef8 {
  background-color: #596ef8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-596ef8 {
  border: 2px solid #596ef8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #596ef8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 110 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 92% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-596ef8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #596ef8, #9459f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-596ef8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 110 248 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.61 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.02 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.96 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.97 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.46 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.52 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.36 #a69107 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#596ef8  rgb(89, 110, 248)  hsl(232, 92%, 66%)  Ultramarine Blue
#f8e359  rgb(248, 227, 89)  hsl(52, 92%, 66%)  Dandelion
#f8596e  rgb(248, 89, 110)  hsl(352, 92%, 66%)  Neon Fuchsia
#6ef859  rgb(110, 248, 89)  hsl(112, 92%, 66%)  Neon Green