#8A96DB#8A96DB

#8A96DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.102 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96DB
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(231, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(231, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 12.36, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 38.56, 288.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.0104 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.103 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1700, 32.3291, 71.4438)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96DB #DBCF8A

analogous

#8ABFDB #8A96DB #A68ADB

triadic

#8A96DB #DB8A96 #96DB8A

tetradic

#8A96DB #DB8ABF #DBCF8A #8ADBA6

square

#8A96DB #DB8ABF #DBCF8A #8ADBA6

split-complementary

#8A96DB #DBA68A #BFDB8A

monochromatic

#374AB3 #5B6CCD #8A96DB #B9C0E9 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8A96DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#8A96DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96DB

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96DB	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.102 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4e6',
    500: '#8a96db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96db;
$custom-light: #afb4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.111,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69085,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96DB

secondary

#ECE8D5

accent

#A925C0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96DB

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

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