#8797BB#8797BB

#8797BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.057 H 266.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8797BB
RGB	rgb(135, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(222, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(222, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 2.60, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 20.70, 277.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0038 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.057 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0254, 30.8710, 51.3808)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8797BB #BBAB87

analogous

#87B1BB #8797BB #9187BB

triadic

#8797BB #BB8797 #97BB87

tetradic

#8797BB #BB87B1 #BBAB87 #87BB91

square

#8797BB #BB87B1 #BBAB87 #87BB91

split-complementary

#8797BB #BB9187 #B1BB87

monochromatic

#48597F #6075A5 #8797BB #AEB9D1 #D5DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8797BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#8797BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8797BB

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8797BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8797BB	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#799EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8797bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.057 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb5cf',
    500: '#8797bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8797bb;
$custom-light: #abb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8797bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67667,
    "c": 0.05654,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8797BB

secondary

#D8D2C6

accent

#873FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8797BB

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

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