#8A97CD#8A97CD

#8A97CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.081 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97CD
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(228, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, 8.08, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 30.32, 285.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0052 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.081 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5642, 31.9431, 62.1956)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97CD #CDC08A

analogous

#8AB9CD #8A97CD #9E8ACD

triadic

#8A97CD #CD8A97 #97CD8A

tetradic

#8A97CD #CD8AB9 #CDC08A #8ACD9E

square

#8A97CD #CD8AB9 #CDC08A #8ACD9E

split-complementary

#8A97CD #CD9E8A #B9CD8A

monochromatic

#42539B #5F71BB #8A97CD #B5BDDF #E0E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#8A97CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#8A97CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97CD

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97CD	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.081 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb5dc',
    500: '#8a97cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97cd;
$custom-light: #aeb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.358,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68647,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97CD

secondary

#E4E0CF

accent

#9A32B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97CD

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

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