#8A97CF#8A97CF

#8A97CF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.084 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97CF
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 207)
HSL	hsl(229, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(229, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 8.60, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 31.42, 285.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% 0.0058 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.084 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8071, 32.0403, 63.4752)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97CF #CFC28A

analogous

#8AB9CF #8A97CF #A08ACF

triadic

#8A97CF #CF8A97 #97CF8A

tetradic

#8A97CF #CF8AB9 #CFC28A #8ACFA0

square

#8A97CF #CF8AB9 #CFC28A #8ACFA0

split-complementary

#8A97CF #CFA08A #B9CF8A

monochromatic

#41529E #5F70BD #8A97CF #B5BEE1 #E1E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8A97CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#8A97CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97CF

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97CF	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.084 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb5de',
    500: '#8a97cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97cf;
$custom-light: #aeb5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.696,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68736,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97CF

secondary

#E5E1D0

accent

#9C31B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97CF

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

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