#8997BB#8997BB

#8997BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.056 H 268.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8997BB
RGB	rgb(137, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(223, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(223, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 3.22, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 20.56, 279.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0017 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.056 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3503, 31.0385, 51.3960)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8997BB #BBAD89

analogous

#89B0BB #8997BB #9489BB

triadic

#8997BB #BB8997 #97BB89

tetradic

#8997BB #BB89B0 #BBAD89 #89BB94

square

#8997BB #BB89B0 #BBAD89 #89BB94

split-complementary

#8997BB #BB9489 #B0BB89

monochromatic

#4A5980 #6275A5 #8997BB #B0B9D1 #D7DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#8997BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#8997BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8997BB

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8997BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8997BB	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8997bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.056 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5cf',
    500: '#8997bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8997bb;
$custom-light: #acb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8997bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67813,
    "c": 0.05577,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8997BB

secondary

#D9D4C7

accent

#8940A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8997BB

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

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