#8396BB#8396BB

#8396BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.059 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8396BB
RGB	rgb(131, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(220, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(220, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 1.96, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 21.49, 275.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0066 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.059 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2335, 30.2248, 51.2978)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8396BB #BBA883

analogous

#83B2BB #8396BB #8C83BB

triadic

#8396BB #BB8396 #96BB83

tetradic

#8396BB #BB83B2 #BBA883 #83BB8C

square

#8396BB #BB83B2 #BBA883 #83BB8C

split-complementary

#8396BB #BB8C83 #B2BB83

monochromatic

#45597E #5B75A5 #8396BB #ABB7D1 #D2D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8396BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#8396BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8396BB

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8396BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8396BB	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#739DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8396bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.059 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8b4cf',
    500: '#8396bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8396bb;
$custom-light: #a8b4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8396bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.643,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67165,
    "c": 0.05926,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8396BB

secondary

#D7D0C3

accent

#843EA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8396BB

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

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