#8596CC#8596CC

#8596CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.082 H 270.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8596CC
RGB	rgb(133, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(226, 41%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(226, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 6.96, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 30.51, 283.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0009 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.082 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4751, 31.1576, 61.4706)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8596CC #CCBB85

analogous

#85B9CC #8596CC #9785CC

triadic

#8596CC #CC8596 #96CC85

tetradic

#8596CC #CC85B9 #CCBB85 #85CC97

square

#8596CC #CC85B9 #CCBB85 #85CC97

split-complementary

#8596CC #CC9785 #B9CC85

monochromatic

#3F5497 #5A71BA #8596CC #B0BBDE #DBE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#8596CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#8596CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8596CC

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8596CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8596CC	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8596cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.082 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aab4db',
    500: '#8596cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8596cc;
$custom-light: #aab4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8596cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.634,
    "s": 41.04,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68035,
    "c": 0.08248,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8596CC

secondary

#E2DCCB

accent

#9531B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8596CC

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

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