#8997BA#8997BA

#8997BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.054 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8997BA
RGB	rgb(137, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(223, 26%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(223, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 2.97, -19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 20.02, 278.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.002 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.054 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2437, 30.9959, 50.8342)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8997BA #BAAC89

analogous

#89AFBA #8997BA #9389BA

triadic

#8997BA #BA8997 #97BA89

tetradic

#8997BA #BA89AF #BAAC89 #89BA93

square

#8997BA #BA89AF #BAAC89 #89BA93

split-complementary

#8997BA #BA9389 #AFBA89

monochromatic

#4A597F #6275A3 #8997BA #B0B9D1 #D6DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#8997BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#8997BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8997BA

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8997BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8997BA	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8997ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.054 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5ce',
    500: '#8997ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8997ba;
$custom-light: #acb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8997ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 26.203,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67773,
    "c": 0.05435,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8997BA

secondary

#D8D3C7

accent

#8841A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8997BA

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

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