#8A97EA#8A97EA

#8A97EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.122 H 276.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97EA
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 234)
HSL	hsl(232, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 15.91, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 46.19, 290.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0128 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.122 276)
XYZ	xyz(36.3947, 33.4753, 82.3697)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97EA #EADD8A

analogous

#8AC7EA #8A97EA #AD8AEA

triadic

#8A97EA #EA8A97 #97EA8A

tetradic

#8A97EA #EA8AC7 #EADD8A #8AEAAD

square

#8A97EA #EA8AC7 #EADD8A #8AEAAD

split-complementary

#8A97EA #EAAD8A #C7EA8A

monochromatic

#263DD4 #5669E1 #8A97EA #BEC5F3 #E5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8A97EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#8A97EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97EA

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97EA	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.122 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5f1',
    500: '#8a97ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97ea;
$custom-light: #b0b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.875,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70023,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.33477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97EA

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#B814D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97EA

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

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