#8996DC#8996DC

#8996DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.104 H 275.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8996DC
RGB	rgb(137, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(231, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(231, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 12.36, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 39.13, 288.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0096 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.104 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1374, 32.2969, 72.1315)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8996DC #DCCF89

analogous

#89C0DC #8996DC #A589DC

triadic

#8996DC #DC8996 #96DC89

tetradic

#8996DC #DC89C0 #DCCF89 #89DCA5

square

#8996DC #DC89C0 #DCCF89 #89DCA5

split-complementary

#8996DC #DCA589 #C0DC89

monochromatic

#364AB5 #5A6CCE #8996DC #B8C0EA #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8996DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8996DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8996DC

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8996DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8996DC	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8996dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.104 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb4e7',
    500: '#8996dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8996dc;
$custom-light: #aeb4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8996dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.602,
    "s": 54.248,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69061,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8996DC

secondary

#ECE8D5

accent

#A924C2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8996DC

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

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