#8A97BA#8A97BA

#8A97BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.054 H 269.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97BA
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(224, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(224, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 3.28, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 19.96, 279.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0009 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.054 269)
XYZ	xyz(30.4084, 31.0808, 50.8419)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97BA #BAAD8A

analogous

#8AAFBA #8A97BA #958ABA

triadic

#8A97BA #BA8A97 #97BA8A

tetradic

#8A97BA #BA8AAF #BAAD8A #8ABA95

square

#8A97BA #BA8AAF #BAAD8A #8ABA95

split-complementary

#8A97BA #BA958A #AFBA8A

monochromatic

#4B597F #6475A3 #8A97BA #B0B9D1 #D7DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#8A97BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#8A97BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97BA

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97BA	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.054 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5ce',
    500: '#8a97ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97ba;
$custom-light: #adb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.75,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67847,
    "c": 0.05398,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.31082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97BA

secondary

#D8D4C7

accent

#8941A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97BA

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

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