#8A96CE#8A96CE

#8A96CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.084 H 274.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96CE
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(229, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(229, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 8.91, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 31.42, 286.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0068 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.084 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5250, 31.6710, 62.7800)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96CE #CEC28A

analogous

#8AB8CE #8A96CE #A08ACE

triadic

#8A96CE #CE8A96 #96CE8A

tetradic

#8A96CE #CE8AB8 #CEC28A #8ACEA0

square

#8A96CE #CE8AB8 #CEC28A #8ACEA0

split-complementary

#8A96CE #CEA08A #B8CE8A

monochromatic

#41519C #5F6FBC #8A96CE #B5BDE0 #E0E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8A96CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#8A96CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96CE

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96CE	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.084 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb4dd',
    500: '#8a96ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96ce;
$custom-light: #aeb4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68485,
    "c": 0.08388,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96CE

secondary

#E5E1CF

accent

#9D31B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96CE

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

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