#8A97AF#8A97AF

#8A97AF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.039 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97AF
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(219, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(219, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, 0.65, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 14.08, 272.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0049 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.039 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2837, 30.6309, 44.9186)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97AF #AFA28A

analogous

#8AAAAF #8A97AF #908AAF

triadic

#8A97AF #AF8A97 #97AF8A

tetradic

#8A97AF #AF8AAA #AFA28A #8AAF90

square

#8A97AF #AF8AAA #AFA28A #8AAF90

split-complementary

#8A97AF #AF908A #AAAF8A

monochromatic

#4D5A71 #667796 #8A97AF #AEB7C8 #D3D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8A97AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#8A97AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97AF

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97AF	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.039 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5c6',
    500: '#8a97af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97af;
$custom-light: #acb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.919,
    "s": 18.782,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67423,
    "c": 0.0386,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97AF

secondary

#D1CCC3

accent

#7F489D

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97AF

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

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