#8A96E0#8A96E0

#8A96E0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.110 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96E0
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 224)
HSL	hsl(232, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(232, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 33%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 13.72, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 41.30, 289.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0117 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.11 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8382, 32.5963, 74.9626)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96E0 #E0D48A

analogous

#8AC1E0 #8A96E0 #A98AE0

triadic

#8A96E0 #E08A96 #96E08A

tetradic

#8A96E0 #E08AC1 #E0D48A #8AE0A9

square

#8A96E0 #E08AC1 #E0D48A #8AE0A9

split-complementary

#8A96E0 #E0A98A #C1E08A

monochromatic

#3246BD #5A6BD3 #8A96E0 #BAC1ED #E7E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A96E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#8A96E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96E0

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96E0	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.110 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4ea',
    500: '#8a96e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96e0;
$custom-light: #afb4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.628,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69326,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96E0

secondary

#EEEBD7

accent

#AF20C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96E0

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

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