#8396BD#8396BD

#8396BD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.062 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8396BD
RGB	rgb(131, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(220, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(220, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 2.47, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 22.55, 276.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.006 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.062 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4491, 30.3110, 52.4332)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8396BD #BDAA83

analogous

#83B3BD #8396BD #8D83BD

triadic

#8396BD #BD8396 #96BD83

tetradic

#8396BD #BD83B3 #BDAA83 #83BD8D

square

#8396BD #BD83B3 #BDAA83 #83BD8D

split-complementary

#8396BD #BD8D83 #B3BD83

monochromatic

#455881 #5B74A8 #8396BD #ABB8D2 #D3DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8396BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#8396BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8396BD

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8396BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8396BD	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#739EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8396bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.062 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8b4d1',
    500: '#8396bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8396bd;
$custom-light: #a8b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8396bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.345,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67247,
    "c": 0.06204,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8396BD

secondary

#D8D2C3

accent

#863CA9

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8396BD

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

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