#8397BD#8397BD

#8397BD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.061 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8397BD
RGB	rgb(131, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(219, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(219, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 1.90, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 22.08, 274.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0073 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.061 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6093, 30.6315, 52.4866)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8397BD #BDA983

analogous

#83B4BD #8397BD #8C83BD

triadic

#8397BD #BD8397 #97BD83

tetradic

#8397BD #BD83B4 #BDA983 #83BD8C

square

#8397BD #BD83B4 #BDA983 #83BD8C

split-complementary

#8397BD #BD8C83 #B4BD83

monochromatic

#455981 #5B76A8 #8397BD #ABB8D2 #D3DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8397BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#8397BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8397BD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8397BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8397BD	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#739FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8397bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.061 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8b5d1',
    500: '#8397bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8397bd;
$custom-light: #a8b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8397bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.31,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67462,
    "c": 0.06101,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8397BD

secondary

#D8D1C3

accent

#843CA9

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8397BD

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

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