#8596AE#8596AE

#8596AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.041 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8596AE
RGB	rgb(133, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(215, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -0.62, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 14.56, 267.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0092 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.041 257)
XYZ	xyz(28.2171, 29.8544, 44.3120)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8596AE #AE9D85

analogous

#85AAAE #8596AE #8885AE

triadic

#8596AE #AE8596 #96AE85

tetradic

#8596AE #AE85AA #AE9D85 #85AE88

square

#8596AE #AE85AA #AE9D85 #85AE88

split-complementary

#8596AE #AE8885 #AAAE85

monochromatic

#4A596F #627794 #8596AE #AAB6C6 #CFD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8596AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#8596AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8596AE

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8596AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8596AE	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A9B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8596ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.041 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4c6',
    500: '#8596ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8596ae;
$custom-light: #a9b4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8596ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66798,
    "c": 0.0407,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.29855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8596AE

secondary

#CFC9C0

accent

#7A479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8596AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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