#8896E6#8896E6

#8896E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 275.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8896E6
RGB	rgb(136, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(231, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(231, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 14.86, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 44.62, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.011 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.119 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3383, 32.7585, 79.3086)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8896E6 #E6D888

analogous

#88C5E6 #8896E6 #A988E6

triadic

#8896E6 #E68896 #96E688

tetradic

#8896E6 #E688C5 #E6D888 #88E6A9

square

#8896E6 #E688C5 #E6D888 #88E6A9

split-complementary

#8896E6 #E6A988 #C5E688

monochromatic

#2A42C9 #5569DB #8896E6 #BBC3F1 #E6E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8896E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#8896E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8896E6

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8896E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8896E6	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7397E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8896e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb4ee',
    500: '#8896e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8896e6;
$custom-light: #aeb4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8896e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.064,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69482,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8896E6

secondary

#F1EDD9

accent

#B218CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8896E6

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

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