#8A96ED#8A96ED

#8A96ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A96ED
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 237)
HSL	hsl(233, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(233, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 17.33, -45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 48.41, 290.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0147 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.128 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6691, 33.3287, 84.6053)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A96ED #EDE18A

analogous

#8AC7ED #8A96ED #AF8AED

triadic

#8A96ED #ED8A96 #96ED8A

tetradic

#8A96ED #ED8AC7 #EDE18A #8AEDAF

square

#8A96ED #ED8AC7 #EDE18A #8AEDAF

split-complementary

#8A96ED #EDAF8A #C7ED8A

monochromatic

#2238DB #5566E5 #8A96ED #BFC6F5 #E4E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8A96ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#8A96ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A96ED

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A96ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A96ED	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7099EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a96ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b4f3',
    500: '#8a96ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a96ed;
$custom-light: #b0b4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a96ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.727,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69978,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A96ED

secondary

#F3EFD8

accent

#BE10D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A96ED

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

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