#8A97EC#8A97EC

#8A97EC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.125 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97EC
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 236)
HSL	hsl(232, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 36%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 16.47, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 47.28, 290.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0132 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.125 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6836, 33.5909, 83.8914)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97EC #ECDF8A

analogous

#8AC8EC #8A97EC #AE8AEC

triadic

#8A97EC #EC8A97 #97EC8A

tetradic

#8A97EC #EC8AC8 #ECDF8A #8AECAE

square

#8A97EC #EC8AC8 #ECDF8A #8AECAE

split-complementary

#8A97EC #ECAE8A #C8EC8A

monochromatic

#233BD8 #5568E3 #8A97EC #BFC6F5 #E5E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8A97EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#8A97EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97EC

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97EC	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7299EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.125 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5f2',
    500: '#8a97ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97ec;
$custom-light: #b0b5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.041,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70125,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97EC

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#BA11D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97EC

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

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