#8A96E4#8A96E4

#8A96E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96E4
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 228)
HSL	hsl(232, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(232, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 34.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, 14.82, -40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 43.49, 289.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0127 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.115 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3870, 32.8159, 77.8533)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96E4 #E4D88A

analogous

#8AC3E4 #8A96E4 #AB8AE4

triadic

#8A96E4 #E48A96 #96E48A

tetradic

#8A96E4 #E48AC3 #E4D88A #8AE4AB

square

#8A96E4 #E48AC3 #E4D88A #8AE4AB

split-complementary

#8A96E4 #E4AB8A #C3E48A

monochromatic

#2E42C6 #5869D9 #8A96E4 #BCC3EF #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A96E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#8A96E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96E4

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96E4	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7598E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4ed',
    500: '#8a96e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96e4;
$custom-light: #afb4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69523,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96E4

secondary

#F0EDD9

accent

#B31BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96E4

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

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