#8A96EC#8A96EC

#8A96EC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96EC
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 236)
HSL	hsl(233, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(233, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 17.05, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 47.86, 290.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0145 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.127 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5234, 33.2704, 83.8380)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96EC #ECE08A

analogous

#8AC7EC #8A96EC #AF8AEC

triadic

#8A96EC #EC8A96 #96EC8A

tetradic

#8A96EC #EC8AC7 #ECE08A #8AECAF

square

#8A96EC #EC8AC7 #ECE08A #8AECAF

split-complementary

#8A96EC #ECAF8A #C7EC8A

monochromatic

#2339D8 #5567E3 #8A96EC #BFC5F5 #E5E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8A96EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#8A96EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96EC

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96EC	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7198EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BA7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b4f2',
    500: '#8a96ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96ec;
$custom-light: #b0b4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.653,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69927,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96EC

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#BC11D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96EC

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

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