#8A96BD#8A96BD

#8A96BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.059 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96BD
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(226, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(226, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, 4.59, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 22.10, 281.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0015 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.059 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5704, 30.8892, 52.4858)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96BD #BDB18A

analogous

#8AB0BD #8A96BD #988ABD

triadic

#8A96BD #BD8A96 #96BD8A

tetradic

#8A96BD #BD8AB0 #BDB18A #8ABD98

square

#8A96BD #BD8AB0 #BDB18A #8ABD98

split-complementary

#8A96BD #BD988A #B0BD8A

monochromatic

#4A5783 #6373A7 #8A96BD #B1B9D3 #D8DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8A96BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#8A96BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96BD

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96BD	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D9DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.059 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb4d1',
    500: '#8a96bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96bd;
$custom-light: #adb4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67757,
    "c": 0.05943,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96BD

secondary

#DAD6C9

accent

#8E3FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96BD

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

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