#8599BB#8599BB

#8599BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.055 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8599BB
RGB	rgb(133, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(218, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(218, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 0.87, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 19.95, 272.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0087 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.055 261)
XYZ	xyz(30.0312, 31.3558, 51.4740)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8599BB #BBA785

analogous

#85B4BB #8599BB #8C85BB

triadic

#8599BB #BB8599 #99BB85

tetradic

#8599BB #BB85B4 #BBA785 #85BB8C

square

#8599BB #BB85B4 #BBA785 #85BB8C

split-complementary

#8599BB #BB8C85 #B4BB85

monochromatic

#475C7F #5E78A5 #8599BB #ACBAD1 #D4DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#8599BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#8599BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8599BB

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8599BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8599BB	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8599bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.055 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b7cf',
    500: '#8599bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8599bb;
$custom-light: #a9b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8599bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67951,
    "c": 0.05541,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.31357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8599BB

secondary

#D8D0C4

accent

#803EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8599BB

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

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