#8A97BC#8A97BC

#8A97BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.057 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97BC
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(224, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(224, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 3.77, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 21.04, 280.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0003 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.057 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6225, 31.1664, 51.9695)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97BC #BCAF8A

analogous

#8AB0BC #8A97BC #968ABC

triadic

#8A97BC #BC8A97 #97BC8A

tetradic

#8A97BC #BC8AB0 #BCAF8A #8ABC96

square

#8A97BC #BC8AB0 #BCAF8A #8ABC96

split-complementary

#8A97BC #BC968A #B0BC8A

monochromatic

#4A5981 #6374A6 #8A97BC #B1BAD2 #D8DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#8A97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#8A97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97BC

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97BC	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.057 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5d0',
    500: '#8a97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97bc;
$custom-light: #adb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.4,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67928,
    "c": 0.05683,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97BC

secondary

#DAD5C8

accent

#8B40A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97BC

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

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