#8A97AE#8A97AE

#8A97AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.037 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97AE
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(218, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(218, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 0.42, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 13.56, 271.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0052 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.037 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1859, 30.5918, 44.4033)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97AE #AEA18A

analogous

#8AA9AE #8A97AE #8F8AAE

triadic

#8A97AE #AE8A97 #97AE8A

tetradic

#8A97AE #AE8AA9 #AEA18A #8AAE8F

square

#8A97AE #AE8AA9 #AEA18A #8AAE8F

split-complementary

#8A97AE #AE8F8A #A9AE8A

monochromatic

#4E5A70 #677794 #8A97AE #AEB7C7 #D2D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8A97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#8A97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97AE

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97AE	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)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.037 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5c6',
    500: '#8a97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97ae;
$custom-light: #acb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.333,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67386,
    "c": 0.03724,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97AE

secondary

#D1CCC3

accent

#7E499C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97AE

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

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