#8A96CF#8A96CF

#8A96CF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.085 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96CF
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(230, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(230, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 9.17, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 31.97, 286.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0071 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.085 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6469, 31.7198, 63.4218)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96CF #CFC38A

analogous

#8AB9CF #8A96CF #A08ACF

triadic

#8A96CF #CF8A96 #96CF8A

tetradic

#8A96CF #CF8AB9 #CFC38A #8ACFA0

square

#8A96CF #CF8AB9 #CFC38A #8ACFA0

split-complementary

#8A96CF #CFA08A #B9CF8A

monochromatic

#41519E #5F6FBD #8A96CF #B5BDE1 #E1E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8A96CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#8A96CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96CF

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96CF	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.085 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb4de',
    500: '#8a96cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96cf;
$custom-light: #aeb4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.565,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68529,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96CF

secondary

#E5E1D0

accent

#9E31B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96CF

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

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