#8897CD#8897CD

#8897CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.082 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8897CD
RGB	rgb(136, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 7.50, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 30.40, 284.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.003 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.082 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2362, 31.7740, 62.1803)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8897CD #CDBE88

analogous

#88B9CD #8897CD #9C88CD

triadic

#8897CD #CD8897 #97CD88

tetradic

#8897CD #CD88B9 #CDBE88 #88CD9C

square

#8897CD #CD88B9 #CDBE88 #88CD9C

split-complementary

#8897CD #CD9C88 #B9CD88

monochromatic

#41549A #5D71BB #8897CD #B3BDDF #DEE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8897CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#8897CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8897CD

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8897CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8897CD	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8897cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.082 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5dc',
    500: '#8897cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8897cd;
$custom-light: #acb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8897cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 40.828,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68502,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8897CD

secondary

#E3DFCD

accent

#9832B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8897CD

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

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