#8A97EE#8A97EE

#8A97EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.128 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A97EE
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(232, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(232, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 17.03, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 48.37, 290.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0137 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.128 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9758, 33.7078, 85.4303)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A97EE #EEE18A

analogous

#8AC9EE #8A97EE #AF8AEE

triadic

#8A97EE #EE8A97 #97EE8A

tetradic

#8A97EE #EE8AC9 #EEE18A #8AEEAF

square

#8A97EE #EE8AC9 #EEE18A #8AEEAF

split-complementary

#8A97EE #EEAF8A #C9EE8A

monochromatic

#2039DD #5567E6 #8A97EE #BFC6F6 #E4E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#8A97EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#8A97EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A97EE

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A97EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A97EE	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7199EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69A9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a97ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.128 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5f4',
    500: '#8a97ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a97ee;
$custom-light: #b0b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a97ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70227,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A97EE

secondary

#F3EFD8

accent

#BD0FD7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A97EE

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

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