#8A97C4#8A97C4

#8A97C4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.068 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97C4
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 196)
HSL	hsl(227, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(227, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 23%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 5.77, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 25.40, 283.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0024 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.068 272)
XYZ	xyz(31.5089, 31.5210, 56.6379)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97C4 #C4B78A

analogous

#8AB4C4 #8A97C4 #9A8AC4

triadic

#8A97C4 #C48A97 #97C48A

tetradic

#8A97C4 #C48AB4 #C4B78A #8AC49A

square

#8A97C4 #C48AB4 #C4B78A #8AC49A

split-complementary

#8A97C4 #C49A8A #B4C48A

monochromatic

#47578D #6173AF #8A97C4 #B3BBD9 #DBDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8A97C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#8A97C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97C4

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97C4	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8596C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.068 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5d6',
    500: '#8a97c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97c4;
$custom-light: #adb5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.552,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68258,
    "c": 0.06826,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.31522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97C4

secondary

#DFDACB

accent

#923AAC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97C4

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

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