#8599E3#8599E3

#8599E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.111 H 271.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8599E3
RGB	rgb(133, 153, 227)
HSL	hsl(227, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(227, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 32.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 11.52, -39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 41.37, 286.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0034 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.111 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9250, 33.3133, 77.2480)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8599E3 #E3CF85

analogous

#85C8E3 #8599E3 #A085E3

triadic

#8599E3 #E38599 #99E385

tetradic

#8599E3 #E385C8 #E3CF85 #85E3A0

square

#8599E3 #E385C8 #E3CF85 #85E3A0

split-complementary

#8599E3 #E3A085 #C8E385

monochromatic

#2C4CC1 #536FD8 #8599E3 #B7C3EE #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8599E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#8599E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8599E3

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8599E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8599E3	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7799E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66A8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8599e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 153, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.111 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6ec',
    500: '#8599e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8599e3;
$custom-light: #acb6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8599e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.234,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69733,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8599E3

secondary

#EFE9D5

accent

#A51BCA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8599E3

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

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