#8E97EA#8E97EA

#8E97EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E97EA
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 234)
HSL	hsl(234, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(234, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 16.94, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 46.13, 291.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0171 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.122 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0689, 33.8229, 82.4013)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E97EA #EAE18E

analogous

#8EC5EA #8E97EA #B38EEA

triadic

#8E97EA #EA8E97 #97EA8E

tetradic

#8E97EA #EA8EC5 #EAE18E #8EEAB3

square

#8E97EA #EA8EC5 #EAE18E #8EEAB3

split-complementary

#8E97EA #EAB38E #C5EA8E

monochromatic

#2839D6 #5A68E0 #8E97EA #C2C6F4 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8E97EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#8E97EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E97EA

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E97EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E97EA	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e97ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b5f1',
    500: '#8e97ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e97ea;
$custom-light: #b2b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e97ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.13,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E97EA

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#BE15D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E97EA

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

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