#8A97CE#8A97CE

#8A97CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.083 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97CE
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(229, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(229, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 8.34, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 30.87, 285.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0055 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.083 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6853, 31.9916, 62.8334)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97CE #CEC18A

analogous

#8AB9CE #8A97CE #9F8ACE

triadic

#8A97CE #CE8A97 #97CE8A

tetradic

#8A97CE #CE8AB9 #CEC18A #8ACE9F

square

#8A97CE #CE8AB9 #CEC18A #8ACE9F

split-complementary

#8A97CE #CE9F8A #B9CE8A

monochromatic

#41539C #5F71BC #8A97CE #B5BDE0 #E0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#8A97CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#8A97CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97CE

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97CE	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.083 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb5dd',
    500: '#8a97ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97ce;
$custom-light: #aeb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.529,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68691,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97CE

secondary

#E5E0CF

accent

#9B31B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97CE

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

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