#8A96E1#8A96E1

#8A96E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96E1
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 225)
HSL	hsl(232, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(232, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 14.00, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 41.85, 289.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0119 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.111 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9742, 32.6507, 75.6790)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96E1 #E1D58A

analogous

#8AC1E1 #8A96E1 #A98AE1

triadic

#8A96E1 #E18A96 #96E18A

tetradic

#8A96E1 #E18AC1 #E1D58A #8AE1A9

square

#8A96E1 #E18AC1 #E1D58A #8AE1A9

split-complementary

#8A96E1 #E1A98A #C1E18A

monochromatic

#3145BF #596AD5 #8A96E1 #BBC2ED #E7E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A96E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#8A96E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96E1

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96E1	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9EE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7798DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4ea',
    500: '#8a96e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96e1;
$custom-light: #afb4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.724,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69375,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96E1

secondary

#EFECD8

accent

#B01FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96E1

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

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