#8596BC#8596BC

#8596BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.060 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8596BC
RGB	rgb(133, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(221, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(221, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 2.81, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 21.87, 277.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0042 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.06 266)
XYZ	xyz(29.6538, 30.4291, 51.8782)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8596BC #BCAB85

analogous

#85B1BC #8596BC #8F85BC

triadic

#8596BC #BC8596 #96BC85

tetradic

#8596BC #BC85B1 #BCAB85 #85BC8F

square

#8596BC #BC85B1 #BCAB85 #85BC8F

split-complementary

#8596BC #BC8F85 #B1BC85

monochromatic

#465880 #5D74A6 #8596BC #ADB8D2 #D4DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8596BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#8596BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8596BC

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8596BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8596BC	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#769EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8596bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.060 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d0',
    500: '#8596bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8596bc;
$custom-light: #a9b4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8596bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.455,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67349,
    "c": 0.05982,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.3043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8596BC

secondary

#D8D2C4

accent

#873EA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8596BC

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

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