#8A96BC#8A96BC

#8A96BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.058 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96BC
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(226, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(226, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 4.34, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 21.55, 281.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% 0.0011 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.058 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4622, 30.8459, 51.9161)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96BC #BCB08A

analogous

#8AAFBC #8A96BC #978ABC

triadic

#8A96BC #BC8A96 #96BC8A

tetradic

#8A96BC #BC8AAF #BCB08A #8ABC97

square

#8A96BC #BC8AAF #BCB08A #8ABC97

split-complementary

#8A96BC #BC978A #AFBC8A

monochromatic

#4A5781 #6373A6 #8A96BC #B1B9D2 #D8DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8A96BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#8A96BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96BC

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96BC	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D9DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.058 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb4d0',
    500: '#8a96bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96bc;
$custom-light: #adb4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67716,
    "c": 0.05799,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96BC

secondary

#DAD5C8

accent

#8D40A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96BC

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

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