Information about #596B86 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #596B86 reads as a softly toned steel-blue azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Kingfisher Blue (#596A8B). Slightly further away sit Waratah (#55698B) and Kashmir Blue (#576D8E).
The recipe behind #596B86 is rgb(89, 107, 134), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 5.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #596B86 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#596B86 color variations
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#596B86 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#596B86 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#596B86 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#596B86 color hues
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#596B86 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #596B86 color
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Nearest named colors to #596B86
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#596A8B
#55698B
#576D8E
#566D7E
#4F698B
#616D7E
#5B6E91
#656A88
#4E6E81
#4C6B88
#646D7E
#60768B
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#596B86
- RGB89, 107, 134
- CMYK18, 11, 0, 47
- CSSrgb(89, 107, 134)
- HSL216°, 20%, 44%
- HSL Precise216°, 20.179%, 43.725%
- HSV216°, 34%, 53%
- HSB216°, 34%, 53%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.349
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.420
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.525
- GLSLvec3(0.349, 0.420, 0.525)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.349, 0.420, 0.525, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.349, 0.420, 0.525)
- Percentage of Red in RGB34.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB42%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB52.5%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID596B86
- DECIMAL ID5860230
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
