#8A97DA#8A97DA

#8A97DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.100 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97DA
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(230, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(230, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 11.52, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 37.45, 287.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0088 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.1 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1990, 32.5971, 70.8060)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97DA #DACD8A

analogous

#8ABFDA #8A97DA #A58ADA

triadic

#8A97DA #DA8A97 #97DA8A

tetradic

#8A97DA #DA8ABF #DACD8A #8ADAA5

square

#8A97DA #DA8ABF #DACD8A #8ADAA5

split-complementary

#8A97DA #DAA58A #BFDA8A

monochromatic

#384CB1 #5C6ECB #8A97DA #B8C0E9 #E7EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A97DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#8A97DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97DA

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97DA	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.100 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb5e5',
    500: '#8a97da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97da;
$custom-light: #aeb5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.25,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69241,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97DA

secondary

#EBE8D5

accent

#A626BF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97DA

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

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