#8A97DD#8A97DD

#8A97DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.104 H 275.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97DD
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(231, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(231, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 12.33, -37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 39.09, 288.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0096 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.104 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5952, 32.7555, 72.8922)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97DD #DDD08A

analogous

#8AC1DD #8A97DD #A68ADD

triadic

#8A97DD #DD8A97 #97DD8A

tetradic

#8A97DD #DD8AC1 #DDD08A #8ADDA6

square

#8A97DD #DD8AC1 #DDD08A #8ADDA6

split-complementary

#8A97DD #DDA68A #C1DD8A

monochromatic

#354AB7 #5B6DCF #8A97DD #B9C1EB #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#8A97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97DD

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97DD	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.104 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5e8',
    500: '#8a97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97dd;
$custom-light: #afb5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.602,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69383,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97DD

secondary

#EDE9D6

accent

#A923C2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97DD

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

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