#8897AE#8897AE

#8897AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.038 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8897AE
RGB	rgb(136, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 22%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -0.22, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 13.79, 269.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0074 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.038 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8579, 30.4227, 44.3879)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8897AE #AE9F88

analogous

#88AAAE #8897AE #8C88AE

triadic

#8897AE #AE8897 #97AE88

tetradic

#8897AE #AE88AA #AE9F88 #88AE8C

square

#8897AE #AE88AA #AE9F88 #88AE8C

split-complementary

#8897AE #AE8C88 #AAAE88

monochromatic

#4C5A70 #657794 #8897AE #ACB7C7 #D1D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8897AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#8897AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8897AE

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8897AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8897AE	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E9C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8897ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.038 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb5c6',
    500: '#8897ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8897ae;
$custom-light: #abb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8897ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.316,
    "s": 19,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67236,
    "c": 0.03825,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8897AE

secondary

#D0CAC2

accent

#7C489D

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8897AE

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

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