#8A97B2#8A97B2

#8A97B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.043 H 264.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97B2
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(221, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(221, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 1.36, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 15.66, 274.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0038 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.043 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5816, 30.7501, 46.4876)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97B2 #B2A58A

analogous

#8AABB2 #8A97B2 #918AB2

triadic

#8A97B2 #B28A97 #97B28A

tetradic

#8A97B2 #B28AAB #B2A58A #8AB291

square

#8A97B2 #B28AAB #B2A58A #8AB291

split-complementary

#8A97B2 #B2918A #ABB28A

monochromatic

#4D5A75 #65769A #8A97B2 #AFB8CA #D4D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8A97B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#8A97B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97B2

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97B2	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B95B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.043 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5c9',
    500: '#8a97b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97b2;
$custom-light: #acb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.5,
    "s": 20.619,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67536,
    "c": 0.04274,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97B2

secondary

#D3CEC5

accent

#82479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97B2

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

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