#8596CD#8596CD

#8596CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.084 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8596CD
RGB	rgb(133, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(226, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(226, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, 7.22, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 31.06, 283.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0012 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.084 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5954, 31.2057, 62.1043)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8596CD #CDBC85

analogous

#85BACD #8596CD #9885CD

triadic

#8596CD #CD8596 #96CD85

tetradic

#8596CD #CD85BA #CDBC85 #85CD98

square

#8596CD #CD85BA #CDBC85 #85CD98

split-complementary

#8596CD #CD9885 #BACD85

monochromatic

#3F5499 #5A71BB #8596CD #B0BBDF #DCE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#8596CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#8596CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8596CD

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8596CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8596CD	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8596cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.084 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aab4dc',
    500: '#8596cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8596cd;
$custom-light: #aab4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8596cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.833,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6808,
    "c": 0.0839,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8596CD

secondary

#E3DDCB

accent

#9631B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8596CD

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

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