#8A96C5#8A96C5

#8A96C5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.071 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96C5
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 197)
HSL	hsl(228, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(228, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, 6.59, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 26.48, 284.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0041 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.071 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4628, 31.2462, 57.1859)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96C5 #C5B98A

analogous

#8AB3C5 #8A96C5 #9B8AC5

triadic

#8A96C5 #C58A96 #96C58A

tetradic

#8A96C5 #C58AB3 #C5B98A #8AC59B

square

#8A96C5 #C58AB3 #C5B98A #8AC59B

split-complementary

#8A96C5 #C59B8A #B3C58A

monochromatic

#46558E #6171B1 #8A96C5 #B3BBD9 #DCDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#8A96C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#8A96C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96C5

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96C5	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8396C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A9FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.071 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb4d6',
    500: '#8a96c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96c5;
$custom-light: #adb4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.797,
    "s": 33.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68091,
    "c": 0.07093,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96C5

secondary

#DFDBCC

accent

#9539AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96C5

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

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