#8A96AF#8A96AF

#8A96AF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.040 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96AF
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 175)
HSL	hsl(221, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(221, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 1.22, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 14.53, 274.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0034 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.04 265)
XYZ	xyz(29.1235, 30.3104, 44.8652)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96AF #AFA38A

analogous

#8AA9AF #8A96AF #918AAF

triadic

#8A96AF #AF8A96 #96AF8A

tetradic

#8A96AF #AF8AA9 #AFA38A #8AAF91

square

#8A96AF #AF8AA9 #AFA38A #8AAF91

split-complementary

#8A96AF #AF918A #A9AF8A

monochromatic

#4D5971 #667696 #8A96AF #AEB7C8 #D3D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8A96AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#8A96AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96AF

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96AF	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)

#8E97B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.040 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4c6',
    500: '#8a96af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96af;
$custom-light: #acb4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 18.782,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67208,
    "c": 0.03958,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.30311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96AF

secondary

#D1CDC3

accent

#82489D

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96AF

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

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