#8A96CB#8A96CB

#8A96CB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.080 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96CB
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(229, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(229, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 8.13, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 29.78, 285.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0059 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.08 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1640, 31.5267, 60.8789)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96CB #CBBF8A

analogous

#8AB7CB #8A96CB #9F8ACB

triadic

#8A96CB #CB8A96 #96CB8A

tetradic

#8A96CB #CB8AB7 #CBBF8A #8ACB9F

square

#8A96CB #CB8AB7 #CBBF8A #8ACB9F

split-complementary

#8A96CB #CB9F8A #B7CB8A

monochromatic

#435397 #6070B8 #8A96CB #B4BCDE #DFE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8A96CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#8A96CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96CB

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96CB	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.080 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb4db',
    500: '#8a96cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96cb;
$custom-light: #aeb4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.923,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68351,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96CB

secondary

#E3DFCE

accent

#9A34B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96CB

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

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