#8A97CC#8A97CC

#8A97CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.080 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97CC
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(228, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 7.82, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 29.77, 285.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0049 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.08 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4438, 31.8950, 61.5620)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97CC #CCBF8A

analogous

#8AB8CC #8A97CC #9E8ACC

triadic

#8A97CC #CC8A97 #97CC8A

tetradic

#8A97CC #CC8AB8 #CCBF8A #8ACC9E

square

#8A97CC #CC8AB8 #CCBF8A #8ACC9E

split-complementary

#8A97CC #CC9E8A #B8CC8A

monochromatic

#435499 #5F71B9 #8A97CC #B5BDDF #DFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8A97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#8A97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97CC

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97CC	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.080 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb5db',
    500: '#8a97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97cc;
$custom-light: #aeb5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.182,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68603,
    "c": 0.07974,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97CC

secondary

#E3DFCE

accent

#9933B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97CC

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

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