#8A97CA#8A97CA

#8A97CA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.077 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97CA
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(228, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 7.30, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 28.68, 284.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% 0.0043 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.077 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2055, 31.7997, 60.3067)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97CA #CABD8A

analogous

#8AB7CA #8A97CA #9D8ACA

triadic

#8A97CA #CA8A97 #97CA8A

tetradic

#8A97CA #CA8AB7 #CABD8A #8ACA9D

square

#8A97CA #CA8AB7 #CABD8A #8ACA9D

split-complementary

#8A97CA #CA9D8A #B7CA8A

monochromatic

#445496 #6072B7 #8A97CA #B4BCDD #DEE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A97CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#8A97CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97CA

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97CA	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.077 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5da',
    500: '#8a97ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97ca;
$custom-light: #adb5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.813,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68515,
    "c": 0.07688,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97CA

secondary

#E2DECE

accent

#9735B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97CA

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

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