#8E96AE#8E96AE

#8E96AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.037 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E96AE
RGB	rgb(142, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(225, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(225, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, 2.29, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 13.68, 279.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.0005 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.037 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6998, 30.6189, 44.3815)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E96AE #AEA68E

analogous

#8EA6AE #8E96AE #968EAE

triadic

#8E96AE #AE8E96 #96AE8E

tetradic

#8E96AE #AE8EA6 #AEA68E #8EAE96

square

#8E96AE #AE8EA6 #AEA68E #8EAE96

split-complementary

#8E96AE #AE968E #A6AE8E

monochromatic

#515971 #6A7594 #8E96AE #B2B7C8 #D5D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8E96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#8E96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E96AE

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E96AE	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.037 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4c6',
    500: '#8e96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e96ae;
$custom-light: #afb4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67478,
    "c": 0.03664,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E96AE

secondary

#D2CFC6

accent

#874B9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E96AE

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

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