#8A96AA#8A96AA

#8A96AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.033 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96AA
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(218, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(218, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, 0.06, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 11.90, 270.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0053 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.033 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6415, 30.1176, 42.3267)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96AA #AA9E8A

analogous

#8AA6AA #8A96AA #8E8AAA

triadic

#8A96AA #AA8A96 #96AA8A

tetradic

#8A96AA #AA8AA6 #AA9E8A #8AAA8E

square

#8A96AA #AA8AA6 #AA9E8A #8AAA8E

split-complementary

#8A96AA #AA8E8A #A6AA8A

monochromatic

#4E596C #68778F #8A96AA #ADB6C4 #D1D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8A96AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#8A96AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96AA

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96AA	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.033 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4c3',
    500: '#8a96aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96aa;
$custom-light: #acb4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67024,
    "c": 0.03273,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96AA

secondary

#CEC9C2

accent

#7D4B9A

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96AA

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

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