#8A97C2#8A97C2

#8A97C2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.065 H 271.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97C2
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 194)
HSL	hsl(226, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(226, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 5.26, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 24.31, 282.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0.0017 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.065 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2828, 31.4306, 55.4470)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97C2 #C2B58A

analogous

#8AB3C2 #8A97C2 #998AC2

triadic

#8A97C2 #C28A97 #97C28A

tetradic

#8A97C2 #C28AB3 #C2B58A #8AC299

square

#8A97C2 #C28AB3 #C2B58A #8AC299

split-complementary

#8A97C2 #C2998A #B3C28A

monochromatic

#48578A #6273AD #8A97C2 #B2BBD7 #DADFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8A97C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#8A97C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97C2

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97C2	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8696C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B9FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.065 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5d4',
    500: '#8a97c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97c2;
$custom-light: #adb5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.071,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68174,
    "c": 0.0654,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97C2

secondary

#DDD9CA

accent

#903BAA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97C2

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

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