#8599CD#8599CD

#8599CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.080 H 268.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8599CD
RGB	rgb(133, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(223, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(223, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, 5.51, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 29.48, 280.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0028 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.08 268)
XYZ	xyz(32.0803, 32.1754, 62.2659)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8599CD #CDB985

analogous

#85BDCD #8599CD #9585CD

triadic

#8599CD #CD8599 #99CD85

tetradic

#8599CD #CD85BD #CDB985 #85CD95

square

#8599CD #CD85BD #CDB985 #85CD95

split-complementary

#8599CD #CD9585 #BDCD85

monochromatic

#3F5899 #5A75BB #8599CD #B0BDDF #DCE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8599CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#8599CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8599CD

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8599CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8599CD	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8599cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.080 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aab6dc',
    500: '#8599cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8599cd;
$custom-light: #aab6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8599cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68708,
    "c": 0.08038,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.32177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8599CD

secondary

#E3DCCB

accent

#9031B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8599CD

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

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