#8B97EA#8B97EA

#8B97EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 276.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B97EA
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 234)
HSL	hsl(232, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 16.16, -43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 46.18, 290.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0139 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.122 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5609, 33.5610, 82.3775)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B97EA #EADE8B

analogous

#8BC6EA #8B97EA #AE8BEA

triadic

#8B97EA #EA8B97 #97EA8B

tetradic

#8B97EA #EA8BC6 #EADE8B #8BEAAE

square

#8B97EA #EA8BC6 #EADE8B #8BEAAE

split-complementary

#8B97EA #EAAE8B #C6EA8B

monochromatic

#263CD4 #5769E1 #8B97EA #BFC5F3 #E5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8B97EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#8B97EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B97EA

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B97EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B97EA	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)

#7BA1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7499E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b97ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5f1',
    500: '#8b97ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b97ea;
$custom-light: #b0b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b97ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.421,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B97EA

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#B914D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B97EA

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

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