#8599BC#8599BC

#8599BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.057 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8599BC
RGB	rgb(133, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(218, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(218, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 1.12, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 20.47, 273.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0083 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.057 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1386, 31.3988, 52.0398)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8599BC #BCA885

analogous

#85B4BC #8599BC #8C85BC

triadic

#8599BC #BC8599 #99BC85

tetradic

#8599BC #BC85B4 #BCA885 #85BC8C

square

#8599BC #BC85B4 #BCA885 #85BC8C

split-complementary

#8599BC #BC8C85 #B4BC85

monochromatic

#465B80 #5D78A6 #8599BC #ADBAD2 #D4DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8599BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#8599BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8599BC

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8599BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8599BC	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8599bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.057 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9b7d0',
    500: '#8599bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8599bc;
$custom-light: #a9b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8599bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67991,
    "c": 0.05677,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8599BC

secondary

#D8D1C4

accent

#813EA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8599BC

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

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