#8A97BE#8A97BE

#8A97BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.060 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97BE
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(225, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(225, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 4.26, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 22.13, 281.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0004 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.06 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8396, 31.2533, 53.1128)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97BE #BEB18A

analogous

#8AB1BE #8A97BE #978ABE

triadic

#8A97BE #BE8A97 #97BE8A

tetradic

#8A97BE #BE8AB1 #BEB18A #8ABE97

square

#8A97BE #BE8AB1 #BEB18A #8ABE97

split-complementary

#8A97BE #BE978A #B1BE8A

monochromatic

#495884 #6374A8 #8A97BE #B1BAD4 #D9DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#8A97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#8A97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97BE

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97BE	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C9EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.060 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5d1',
    500: '#8a97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97be;
$custom-light: #adb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68009,
    "c": 0.05968,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97BE

secondary

#DBD6C9

accent

#8D3EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97BE

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

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