#8A96B2#8A96B2

#8A96B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.044 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96B2
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(222, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(222, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 1.92, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 16.13, 276.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0023 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.044 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4214, 30.4296, 46.4342)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96B2 #B2A68A

analogous

#8AAAB2 #8A96B2 #928AB2

triadic

#8A96B2 #B28A96 #96B28A

tetradic

#8A96B2 #B28AAA #B2A68A #8AB292

square

#8A96B2 #B28AAA #B2A68A #8AB292

split-complementary

#8A96B2 #B2928A #AAB28A

monochromatic

#4D5975 #65759A #8A96B2 #AFB7CA #D4D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8A96B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#8A96B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96B2

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96B2	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.044 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4c9',
    500: '#8a96b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96b2;
$custom-light: #acb4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 20.619,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67322,
    "c": 0.04377,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96B2

secondary

#D3CFC5

accent

#84479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96B2

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

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