#8A96E3#8A96E3

#8A96E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96E3
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 227)
HSL	hsl(232, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(232, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 33.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 14.55, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 42.95, 289.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0124 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.114 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2486, 32.7605, 77.1243)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96E3 #E3D78A

analogous

#8AC3E3 #8A96E3 #AB8AE3

triadic

#8A96E3 #E38A96 #96E38A

tetradic

#8A96E3 #E38AC3 #E3D78A #8AE3AB

square

#8A96E3 #E38AC3 #E3D78A #8AE3AB

split-complementary

#8A96E3 #E3AB8A #C3E38A

monochromatic

#2F43C4 #596AD7 #8A96E3 #BBC2EF #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A96E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#8A96E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96E3

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96E3	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4ec',
    500: '#8a96e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96e3;
$custom-light: #afb4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.91,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69473,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96E3

secondary

#F0EDD9

accent

#B21CC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96E3

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

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