#8A96AE#8A96AE

#8A96AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.038 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96AE
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(220, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(220, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 0.98, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 14.00, 274.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0038 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.038 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0256, 30.2713, 44.3499)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96AE #AEA28A

analogous

#8AA8AE #8A96AE #908AAE

triadic

#8A96AE #AE8A96 #96AE8A

tetradic

#8A96AE #AE8AA8 #AEA28A #8AAE90

square

#8A96AE #AE8AA8 #AEA28A #8AAE90

split-complementary

#8A96AE #AE908A #A8AE8A

monochromatic

#4E5970 #677694 #8A96AE #AEB6C7 #D2D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8A96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#8A96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96AE

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96AE	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)

#8F97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.038 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4c6',
    500: '#8a96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96ae;
$custom-light: #acb4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67171,
    "c": 0.03819,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96AE

secondary

#D1CCC3

accent

#81499C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96AE

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

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