#8A96DF#8A96DF

#8A96DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.108 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96DF
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 223)
HSL	hsl(232, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(232, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 32.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 13.45, -38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 40.76, 289.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0114 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.108 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7030, 32.5422, 74.2505)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96DF #DFD38A

analogous

#8AC0DF #8A96DF #A88ADF

triadic

#8A96DF #DF8A96 #96DF8A

tetradic

#8A96DF #DF8AC0 #DFD38A #8ADFA8

square

#8A96DF #DF8AC0 #DFD38A #8ADFA8

split-complementary

#8A96DF #DFA88A #C0DF8A

monochromatic

#3346BB #5A6BD2 #8A96DF #BAC1EC #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8A96DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#8A96DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96DF

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96DF	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.108 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4e9',
    500: '#8a96df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96df;
$custom-light: #afb4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.529,
    "s": 57.047,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69278,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96DF

secondary

#EEEBD7

accent

#AD21C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96DF

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

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