#8A96DC#8A96DC

#8A96DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.104 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96DC
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(231, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(231, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, 12.63, -37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 39.11, 288.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0107 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.104 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3021, 32.3819, 72.1392)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96DC #DCD08A

analogous

#8ABFDC #8A96DC #A78ADC

triadic

#8A96DC #DC8A96 #96DC8A

tetradic

#8A96DC #DC8ABF #DCD08A #8ADCA7

square

#8A96DC #DC8ABF #DCD08A #8ADCA7

split-complementary

#8A96DC #DCA78A #BFDC8A

monochromatic

#3649B5 #5B6CCE #8A96DC #B9C0EA #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8A96DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#8A96DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96DC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96DC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.104 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4e7',
    500: '#8a96dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96dc;
$custom-light: #afb4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.22,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69133,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96DC

secondary

#ECE9D6

accent

#AA24C1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96DC

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

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