#8A97BB#8A97BB

#8A97BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.055 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97BB
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(224, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(224, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 3.53, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 20.50, 279.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0006 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.055 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5151, 31.1235, 51.4037)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97BB #BBAE8A

analogous

#8AAFBB #8A97BB #958ABB

triadic

#8A97BB #BB8A97 #97BB8A

tetradic

#8A97BB #BB8AAF #BBAE8A #8ABB95

square

#8A97BB #BB8AAF #BBAE8A #8ABB95

split-complementary

#8A97BB #BB958A #AFBB8A

monochromatic

#4A5980 #6375A5 #8A97BB #B1B9D1 #D7DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#8A97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#8A97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97BB

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97BB	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)

#8C9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.055 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5cf',
    500: '#8a97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97bb;
$custom-light: #adb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.082,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67887,
    "c": 0.0554,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97BB

secondary

#D9D4C8

accent

#8A40A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97BB

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

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