#8A96CA#8A96CA

#8A96CA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.078 H 274.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96CA
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(229, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(229, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, 7.87, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 29.23, 285.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0056 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.078 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0453, 31.4792, 60.2533)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96CA #CABE8A

analogous

#8AB6CA #8A96CA #9E8ACA

triadic

#8A96CA #CA8A96 #96CA8A

tetradic

#8A96CA #CA8AB6 #CABE8A #8ACA9E

square

#8A96CA #CA8AB6 #CABE8A #8ACA9E

split-complementary

#8A96CA #CA9E8A #B6CA8A

monochromatic

#445396 #6070B7 #8A96CA #B4BCDD #DEE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8A96CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#8A96CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96CA

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96CA	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.078 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb4da',
    500: '#8a96ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96ca;
$custom-light: #adb4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68307,
    "c": 0.07813,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96CA

secondary

#E2DECE

accent

#9935B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96CA

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

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