#8A97EB#8A97EB

#8A97EB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.124 H 276.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97EB
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(232, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 16.19, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 46.74, 290.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.013 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.124 276)
XYZ	xyz(36.5387, 33.5329, 83.1284)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97EB #EBDE8A

analogous

#8AC7EB #8A97EB #AD8AEB

triadic

#8A97EB #EB8A97 #97EB8A

tetradic

#8A97EB #EB8AC7 #EBDE8A #8AEBAD

square

#8A97EB #EB8AC7 #EBDE8A #8AEBAD

split-complementary

#8A97EB #EBAD8A #C7EB8A

monochromatic

#253CD6 #5669E2 #8A97EB #BEC5F4 #E5E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8A97EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#8A97EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97EB

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97EB	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.124 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5f2',
    500: '#8a97eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97eb;
$custom-light: #b0b5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.959,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70074,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.33535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97EB

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#B913D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97EB

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

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