#8A97E2#8A97E2

#8A97E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.111 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97E2
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(231, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 13.69, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 41.82, 289.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0109 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.111 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2712, 33.0260, 76.4530)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97E2 #E2D58A

analogous

#8AC3E2 #8A97E2 #A98AE2

triadic

#8A97E2 #E28A97 #97E28A

tetradic

#8A97E2 #E28AC3 #E2D58A #8AE2A9

square

#8A97E2 #E28AC3 #E2D58A #8AE2A9

split-complementary

#8A97E2 #E2A98A #C3E28A

monochromatic

#3046C2 #596BD6 #8A97E2 #BBC3EE #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#8A97E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#8A97E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97E2

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97E2	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7898E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.111 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5eb',
    500: '#8a97e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97e2;
$custom-light: #afb5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.136,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69625,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97E2

secondary

#EFECD8

accent

#AF1EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97E2

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

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