#8596BE#8596BE

#8596BE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.063 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8596BE
RGB	rgb(133, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(222, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 3.32, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 22.94, 278.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0035 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.063 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8709, 30.5159, 53.0215)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8596BE #BEAD85

analogous

#85B2BE #8596BE #9085BE

triadic

#8596BE #BE8596 #96BE85

tetradic

#8596BE #BE85B2 #BEAD85 #85BE90

square

#8596BE #BE85B2 #BEAD85 #85BE90

split-complementary

#8596BE #BE9085 #B2BE85

monochromatic

#465883 #5D74A9 #8596BE #ADB8D3 #D5DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8596BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#8596BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8596BE

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8596BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8596BE	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#759EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8596be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.063 266.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8596be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.105,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67432,
    "c": 0.06262,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8596BE

secondary

#DAD3C5

accent

#893CA9

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8596BE

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

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