#8A97C8#8A97C8

#8A97C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.074 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97C8
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(227, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(227, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 6.78, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 27.58, 284.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0036 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.074 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9703, 31.7056, 59.0677)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97C8 #C8BB8A

analogous

#8AB6C8 #8A97C8 #9C8AC8

triadic

#8A97C8 #C88A97 #97C88A

tetradic

#8A97C8 #C88AB6 #C8BB8A #8AC89C

square

#8A97C8 #C88AB6 #C8BB8A #8AC89C

split-complementary

#8A97C8 #C89C8A #B6C88A

monochromatic

#455593 #6072B4 #8A97C8 #B4BCDC #DDE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8A97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#8A97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97C8

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97C8	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8396C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.074 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5d9',
    500: '#8a97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97c8;
$custom-light: #adb5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.419,
    "s": 36.047,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68428,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97C8

secondary

#E1DDCD

accent

#9637AF

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97C8

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

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