#8A96CD#8A96CD

#8A96CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.082 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96CD
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(229, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(229, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 8.65, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 30.87, 286.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% 0.0065 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.082 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4039, 31.6226, 62.1422)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96CD #CDC18A

analogous

#8AB7CD #8A96CD #A08ACD

triadic

#8A96CD #CD8A96 #96CD8A

tetradic

#8A96CD #CD8AB7 #CDC18A #8ACDA0

square

#8A96CD #CD8AB7 #CDC18A #8ACDA0

split-complementary

#8A96CD #CDA08A #B7CD8A

monochromatic

#42529B #5F70BB #8A96CD #B5BCDF #E0E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8A96CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#8A96CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96CD

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96CD	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)

#859BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.082 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb4dc',
    500: '#8a96cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96cd;
$custom-light: #aeb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.254,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6844,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96CD

secondary

#E4E0CF

accent

#9C32B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96CD

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

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