#8A97DE#8A97DE

#8A97DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.105 H 275.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97DE
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 222)
HSL	hsl(231, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, 12.60, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 39.64, 288.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0099 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.105 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7288, 32.8090, 73.5960)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97DE #DED18A

analogous

#8AC1DE #8A97DE #A78ADE

triadic

#8A97DE #DE8A97 #97DE8A

tetradic

#8A97DE #DE8AC1 #DED18A #8ADEA7

square

#8A97DE #DE8AC1 #DED18A #8ADEA7

split-complementary

#8A97DE #DEA78A #C1DE8A

monochromatic

#3449B9 #5A6DD1 #8A97DE #BAC1EB #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8A97DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#8A97DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97DE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97DE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.105 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5e8',
    500: '#8a97de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97de;
$custom-light: #afb5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69431,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97DE

secondary

#EDEAD6

accent

#AB22C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97DE

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

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