#8A97E4#8A97E4

#8A97E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.114 H 275.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97E4
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 228)
HSL	hsl(231, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(231, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 33.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 14.24, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 42.92, 289.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0114 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.114 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5473, 33.1364, 77.9067)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97E4 #E4D78A

analogous

#8AC4E4 #8A97E4 #AA8AE4

triadic

#8A97E4 #E48A97 #97E48A

tetradic

#8A97E4 #E48AC4 #E4D78A #8AE4AA

square

#8A97E4 #E48AC4 #E4D78A #8AE4AA

split-complementary

#8A97E4 #E4AA8A #C4E48A

monochromatic

#2E44C6 #586BD9 #8A97E4 #BCC3EF #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#8A97E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#8A97E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97E4

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97E4	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7798E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.114 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5ed',
    500: '#8a97e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97e4;
$custom-light: #afb5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.333,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97E4

secondary

#F0EDD9

accent

#B11BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97E4

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

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