#8596C8#8596C8

#8596C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.077 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8596C8
RGB	rgb(133, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(225, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(225, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 5.90, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 28.34, 282.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0003 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.077 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0015, 30.9682, 58.9764)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8596C8 #C8B785

analogous

#85B7C8 #8596C8 #9585C8

triadic

#8596C8 #C88596 #96C885

tetradic

#8596C8 #C885B7 #C8B785 #85C895

square

#8596C8 #C885B7 #C8B785 #85C895

split-complementary

#8596C8 #C89585 #B7C885

monochromatic

#415691 #5B72B5 #8596C8 #AFBADB #D9DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#8596C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#8596C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8596C8

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8596C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8596C8	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8596c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.077 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aab4d9',
    500: '#8596c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8596c8;
$custom-light: #aab4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8596c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.776,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67858,
    "c": 0.07678,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8596C8

secondary

#E0DAC9

accent

#9135B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8596C8

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

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