#8A96C8#8A96C8

#8A96C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.075 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96C8
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(228, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(228, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 7.36, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 28.13, 285.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.005 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.075 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8100, 31.3850, 59.0143)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96C8 #C8BC8A

analogous

#8AB5C8 #8A96C8 #9D8AC8

triadic

#8A96C8 #C88A96 #96C88A

tetradic

#8A96C8 #C88AB5 #C8BC8A #8AC89D

square

#8A96C8 #C88AB5 #C8BC8A #8AC89D

split-complementary

#8A96C8 #C89D8A #B5C88A

monochromatic

#455493 #6071B4 #8A96C8 #B4BBDC #DDE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#8A96C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#8A96C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96C8

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96C8	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.075 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb4d9',
    500: '#8a96c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96c8;
$custom-light: #adb4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 36.047,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6822,
    "c": 0.07525,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96C8

secondary

#E1DDCD

accent

#9837AF

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96C8

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

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