#8596BF#8596BF

#8596BF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.064 H 267.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8596BF
RGB	rgb(133, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(222, 31%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, 3.57, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 23.48, 278.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0032 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.064 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9805, 30.5598, 53.5991)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8596BF #BFAE85

analogous

#85B3BF #8596BF #9185BF

triadic

#8596BF #BF8596 #96BF85

tetradic

#8596BF #BF85B3 #BFAE85 #85BF91

square

#8596BF #BF85B3 #BFAE85 #85BF91

split-complementary

#8596BF #BF9185 #B3BF85

monochromatic

#455884 #5D73AA #8596BF #ADB9D4 #D5DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8596BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#8596BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8596BF

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8596BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8596BF	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#759EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8596bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.064 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aab4d2',
    500: '#8596bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8596bf;
$custom-light: #aab4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8596bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.414,
    "s": 31.183,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67473,
    "c": 0.06403,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8596BF

secondary

#DAD4C6

accent

#8A3CAA

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8596BF

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

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