#8A97AA#8A97AA

#8A97AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.032 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97AA
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 170)
HSL	hsl(216, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -0.50, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 11.50, 267.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0067 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.032 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8017, 30.4381, 42.3801)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97AA #AA9D8A

analogous

#8AA7AA #8A97AA #8D8AAA

triadic

#8A97AA #AA8A97 #97AA8A

tetradic

#8A97AA #AA8AA7 #AA9D8A #8AAA8D

square

#8A97AA #AA8AA7 #AA9D8A #8AAA8D

split-complementary

#8A97AA #AA8D8A #A7AA8A

monochromatic

#4E5A6C #68788F #8A97AA #ADB7C4 #D1D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8A97AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#8A97AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97AA

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97AA	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.032 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5c3',
    500: '#8a97aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97aa;
$custom-light: #acb5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.625,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6724,
    "c": 0.03189,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97AA

secondary

#CEC9C2

accent

#7A4B9A

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97AA

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

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