#8997EA#8997EA

#8997EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 275.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8997EA
RGB	rgb(137, 151, 234)
HSL	hsl(231, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(231, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 15.65, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 46.21, 289.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0117 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.123 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2299, 33.3904, 82.3619)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8997EA #EADC89

analogous

#89C8EA #8997EA #AB89EA

triadic

#8997EA #EA8997 #97EA89

tetradic

#8997EA #EA89C8 #EADC89 #89EAAB

square

#8997EA #EA89C8 #EADC89 #89EAAB

split-complementary

#8997EA #EAAB89 #C8EA89

monochromatic

#263FD3 #5569E1 #8997EA #BDC5F3 #E5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8997EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#8997EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8997EA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8997EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8997EA	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8997ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 151, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5f1',
    500: '#8997ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8997ea;
$custom-light: #afb5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8997ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.34,
    "s": 69.784,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69953,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8997EA

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B614D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8997EA

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

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