#8A96C2#8A96C2

#8A96C2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.067 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96C2
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 194)
HSL	hsl(227, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(227, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 5.83, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 24.84, 283.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0031 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.067 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1225, 31.1101, 55.3935)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96C2 #C2B68A

analogous

#8AB2C2 #8A96C2 #9A8AC2

triadic

#8A96C2 #C28A96 #96C28A

tetradic

#8A96C2 #C28AB2 #C2B68A #8AC29A

square

#8A96C2 #C28AB2 #C2B68A #8AC29A

split-complementary

#8A96C2 #C29A8A #B2C28A

monochromatic

#48568A #6272AD #8A96C2 #B2BAD7 #DADEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#8A96C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#8A96C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96C2

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96C2	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B9EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.067 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb4d4',
    500: '#8a96c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96c2;
$custom-light: #adb4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67964,
    "c": 0.06661,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96C2

secondary

#DDD9CA

accent

#923BAA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96C2

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

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