#8A96BB#8A96BB

#8A96BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.057 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96BB
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(225, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(225, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 4.09, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 21.01, 281.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0008 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.057 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3548, 30.8030, 51.3503)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96BB #BBAF8A

analogous

#8AAEBB #8A96BB #968ABB

triadic

#8A96BB #BB8A96 #96BB8A

tetradic

#8A96BB #BB8AAE #BBAF8A #8ABB96

square

#8A96BB #BB8AAE #BBAF8A #8ABB96

split-complementary

#8A96BB #BB968A #AEBB8A

monochromatic

#4A5880 #6373A5 #8A96BB #B1B9D1 #D7DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8A96BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#8A96BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96BB

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96BB	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D9DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.057 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb4cf',
    500: '#8a96bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96bb;
$custom-light: #adb4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.306,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67676,
    "c": 0.05657,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96BB

secondary

#D9D5C8

accent

#8C40A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96BB

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

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