#8A96CC#8A96CC

#8A96CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.081 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96CC
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(229, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(229, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 8.39, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 30.33, 286.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0062 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.081 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2836, 31.5745, 61.5085)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96CC #CCC08A

analogous

#8AB7CC #8A96CC #9F8ACC

triadic

#8A96CC #CC8A96 #96CC8A

tetradic

#8A96CC #CC8AB7 #CCC08A #8ACC9F

square

#8A96CC #CC8AB7 #CCC08A #8ACC9F

split-complementary

#8A96CC #CC9F8A #B7CC8A

monochromatic

#435299 #5F70B9 #8A96CC #B5BCDF #DFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8A96CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#8A96CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96CC

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96CC	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.081 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb4db',
    500: '#8a96cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96cc;
$custom-light: #aeb4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68396,
    "c": 0.08101,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96CC

secondary

#E3E0CE

accent

#9B33B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96CC

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

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