#8A97CB#8A97CB

#8A97CB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.078 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97CB
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(228, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 7.56, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 29.23, 284.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% 0.0046 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.078 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3243, 31.8472, 60.9323)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97CB #CBBE8A

analogous

#8AB8CB #8A97CB #9E8ACB

triadic

#8A97CB #CB8A97 #97CB8A

tetradic

#8A97CB #CB8AB8 #CBBE8A #8ACB9E

square

#8A97CB #CB8AB8 #CBBE8A #8ACB9E

split-complementary

#8A97CB #CB9E8A #B8CB8A

monochromatic

#435497 #6071B8 #8A97CB #B4BDDE #DFE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A97CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#8A97CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97CB

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97CB	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.078 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb5db',
    500: '#8a97cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97cb;
$custom-light: #aeb5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68559,
    "c": 0.07831,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97CB

secondary

#E3DFCE

accent

#9834B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97CB

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

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