#8A96DA#8A96DA

#8A96DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.101 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96DA
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 218)
HSL	hsl(231, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(231, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 12.09, -36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 38.01, 288.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0102 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.101 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0388, 32.2766, 70.7526)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96DA #DACE8A

analogous

#8ABEDA #8A96DA #A68ADA

triadic

#8A96DA #DA8A96 #96DA8A

tetradic

#8A96DA #DA8ABE #DACE8A #8ADAA6

square

#8A96DA #DA8ABE #DACE8A #8ADAA6

split-complementary

#8A96DA #DAA68A #BEDA8A

monochromatic

#384AB1 #5C6CCB #8A96DA #B8C0E9 #E7E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8A96DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8A96DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96DA

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96DA	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.101 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb4e5',
    500: '#8a96da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96da;
$custom-light: #aeb4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69038,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96DA

secondary

#EBE8D5

accent

#A826BF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96DA

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

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