#8A97BF#8A97BF

#8A97BF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.061 H 270.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97BF
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(225, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(225, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, 4.51, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 22.67, 281.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0007 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.061 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9492, 31.2971, 53.6904)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97BF #BFB28A

analogous

#8AB2BF #8A97BF #988ABF

triadic

#8A97BF #BF8A97 #97BF8A

tetradic

#8A97BF #BF8AB2 #BFB28A #8ABF98

square

#8A97BF #BF8AB2 #BFB28A #8ABF98

split-complementary

#8A97BF #BF988A #B2BF8A

monochromatic

#495886 #6274A9 #8A97BF #B2BAD5 #D9DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#8A97BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#8A97BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97BF

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97BF	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.061 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5d2',
    500: '#8a97bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97bf;
$custom-light: #adb5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.283,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6805,
    "c": 0.0611,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97BF

secondary

#DCD7C9

accent

#8E3EA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97BF

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

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