#8797CD#8797CD

#8797CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.082 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8797CD
RGB	rgb(135, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(226, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(226, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 7.22, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 30.44, 283.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.002 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.082 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0745, 31.6907, 62.1727)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8797CD #CDBD87

analogous

#87BACD #8797CD #9A87CD

triadic

#8797CD #CD8797 #97CD87

tetradic

#8797CD #CD87BA #CDBD87 #87CD9A

square

#8797CD #CD87BA #CDBD87 #87CD9A

split-complementary

#8797CD #CD9A87 #BACD87

monochromatic

#40549A #5C72BB #8797CD #B2BCDF #DDE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8797CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#8797CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8797CD

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8797CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8797CD	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8797cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.082 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5dc',
    500: '#8797cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8797cd;
$custom-light: #acb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8797cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.286,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68431,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8797CD

secondary

#E3DECD

accent

#9631B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8797CD

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

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