#8A96E2#8A96E2

#8A96E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96E2
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(232, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(232, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 14.27, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 42.40, 289.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0122 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.112 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1110, 32.7054, 76.3995)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96E2 #E2D68A

analogous

#8AC2E2 #8A96E2 #AA8AE2

triadic

#8A96E2 #E28A96 #96E28A

tetradic

#8A96E2 #E28AC2 #E2D68A #8AE2AA

square

#8A96E2 #E28AC2 #E2D68A #8AE2AA

split-complementary

#8A96E2 #E2AA8A #C2E28A

monochromatic

#3044C2 #596AD6 #8A96E2 #BBC2EE #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A96E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#8A96E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96E2

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96E2	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4eb',
    500: '#8a96e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96e2;
$custom-light: #afb4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69424,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96E2

secondary

#EFECD8

accent

#B11EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96E2

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

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