#8997CD#8997CD

#8997CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.081 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8997CD
RGB	rgb(137, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(228, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, 7.79, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 30.36, 284.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0041 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.081 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3994, 31.8582, 62.1879)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8997CD #CDBF89

analogous

#89B9CD #8997CD #9D89CD

triadic

#8997CD #CD8997 #97CD89

tetradic

#8997CD #CD89B9 #CDBF89 #89CD9D

square

#8997CD #CD89B9 #CDBF89 #89CD9D

split-complementary

#8997CD #CD9D89 #B9CD89

monochromatic

#41549A #5E71BB #8997CD #B4BDDF #DFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8997CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#8997CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8997CD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8997CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8997CD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8997cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.081 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5dc',
    500: '#8997cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8997cd;
$custom-light: #adb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8997cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.647,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68574,
    "c": 0.08146,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8997CD

secondary

#E4DFCE

accent

#9932B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8997CD

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

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