#8596BD#8596BD

#8596BD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.061 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8596BD
RGB	rgb(133, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(222, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 3.07, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 22.40, 277.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0039 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.061 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7619, 30.4723, 52.4479)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8596BD #BDAC85

analogous

#85B2BD #8596BD #9085BD

triadic

#8596BD #BD8596 #96BD85

tetradic

#8596BD #BD85B2 #BDAC85 #85BD90

square

#8596BD #BD85B2 #BDAC85 #85BD90

split-complementary

#8596BD #BD9085 #B2BD85

monochromatic

#465882 #5D74A8 #8596BD #ADB8D2 #D4DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8596BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#8596BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8596BD

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8596BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8596BD	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)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#769EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8596bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.061 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b4d1',
    500: '#8596bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8596bd;
$custom-light: #a9b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8596bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.786,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6739,
    "c": 0.06121,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8596BD

secondary

#D9D3C5

accent

#883DA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8596BD

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

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