#8A97DB#8A97DB

#8A97DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.101 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97DB
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(230, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(230, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 11.79, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 37.99, 288.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0091 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.101 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3303, 32.6496, 71.4972)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97DB #DBCE8A

analogous

#8AC0DB #8A97DB #A58ADB

triadic

#8A97DB #DB8A97 #97DB8A

tetradic

#8A97DB #DB8AC0 #DBCE8A #8ADBA5

square

#8A97DB #DB8AC0 #DBCE8A #8ADBA5

split-complementary

#8A97DB #DBA58A #C0DB8A

monochromatic

#374BB3 #5B6DCD #8A97DB #B9C1E9 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A97DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#8A97DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97DB

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97DB	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.101 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5e6',
    500: '#8a97db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97db;
$custom-light: #afb5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.37,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69288,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97DB

secondary

#ECE8D5

accent

#A725C0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97DB

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

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