#8A97D2#8A97D2

#8A97D2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.088 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97D2
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 210)
HSL	hsl(229, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(229, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 9.39, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 33.06, 286.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% 0.0066 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.088 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1774, 32.1884, 65.4252)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97D2 #D2C58A

analogous

#8ABBD2 #8A97D2 #A18AD2

triadic

#8A97D2 #D28A97 #97D28A

tetradic

#8A97D2 #D28ABB #D2C58A #8AD2A1

square

#8A97D2 #D28ABB #D2C58A #8AD2A1

split-complementary

#8A97D2 #D2A18A #BBD28A

monochromatic

#3F51A3 #5E70C1 #8A97D2 #B6BEE3 #E2E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8A97D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#8A97D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97D2

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97D2	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849DD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.088 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb5e0',
    500: '#8a97d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97d2;
$custom-light: #aeb5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.167,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68871,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97D2

secondary

#E7E3D1

accent

#9F2EB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97D2

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

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