#8A97DC#8A97DC

#8A97DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97DC
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 220)
HSL	hsl(230, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(230, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 12.06, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 38.54, 288.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0094 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.103 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4623, 32.7024, 72.1926)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97DC #DCCF8A

analogous

#8AC0DC #8A97DC #A68ADC

triadic

#8A97DC #DC8A97 #97DC8A

tetradic

#8A97DC #DC8AC0 #DCCF8A #8ADCA6

square

#8A97DC #DC8AC0 #DCCF8A #8ADCA6

split-complementary

#8A97DC #DCA68A #C0DC8A

monochromatic

#364AB5 #5B6DCE #8A97DC #B9C1EA #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A97DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#8A97DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97DC

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97DC	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5e7',
    500: '#8a97dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97dc;
$custom-light: #afb5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.488,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69336,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97DC

secondary

#ECE9D6

accent

#A824C1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97DC

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

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