#8997EE#8997EE

#8997EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.128 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8997EE
RGB	rgb(137, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(232, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(232, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 16.78, -45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 48.39, 290.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0126 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.128 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8111, 33.6228, 85.4226)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8997EE #EEE089

analogous

#89C9EE #8997EE #AD89EE

triadic

#8997EE #EE8997 #97EE89

tetradic

#8997EE #EE89C9 #EEE089 #89EEAD

square

#8997EE #EE89C9 #EEE089 #89EEAD

split-complementary

#8997EE #EEAD89 #C9EE89

monochromatic

#203ADD #5468E6 #8997EE #BEC6F6 #E4E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8997EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#8997EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8997EE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8997EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8997EE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7099EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68A9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8997ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.128 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5f4',
    500: '#8997ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8997ee;
$custom-light: #afb5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8997ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.683,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70158,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8997EE

secondary

#F3EFD8

accent

#BB0FD7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8997EE

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

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