#8D96CE#8D96CE

#8D96CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.083 H 276.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D96CE
RGB	rgb(141, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(232, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(232, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, 9.77, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 31.35, 288.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.01 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.083 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0283, 31.9306, 62.8036)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D96CE #CEC58D

analogous

#8DB6CE #8D96CE #A48DCE

triadic

#8D96CE #CE8D96 #96CE8D

tetradic

#8D96CE #CE8DB6 #CEC58D #8DCEA4

square

#8D96CE #CE8DB6 #CEC58D #8DCEA4

split-complementary

#8D96CE #CEA48D #B6CE8D

monochromatic

#44509D #626FBC #8D96CE #B8BDE0 #E3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#8D96CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#8D96CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D96CE

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D96CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D96CE	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d96ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.083 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b4dd',
    500: '#8d96ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d96ce;
$custom-light: #b0b4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d96ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.692,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68706,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D96CE

secondary

#E5E3D1

accent

#A133B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D96CE

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

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