#8A97ED#8A97ED

#8A97ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97ED
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 237)
HSL	hsl(232, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(232, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 36.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 16.75, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 47.83, 290.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0135 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.127 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8293, 33.6492, 84.6587)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97ED #EDE08A

analogous

#8AC8ED #8A97ED #AE8AED

triadic

#8A97ED #ED8A97 #97ED8A

tetradic

#8A97ED #ED8AC8 #EDE08A #8AEDAE

square

#8A97ED #ED8AC8 #EDE08A #8AEDAE

split-complementary

#8A97ED #EDAE8A #C8ED8A

monochromatic

#223ADB #5568E5 #8A97ED #BFC6F5 #E4E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8A97ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#8A97ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97ED

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97ED	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7199EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5f3',
    500: '#8a97ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97ed;
$custom-light: #b0b5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.121,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70176,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97ED

secondary

#F3EFD8

accent

#BC10D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97ED

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

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