#8997CE#8997CE

#8997CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.083 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8997CE
RGB	rgb(137, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(228, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 8.05, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 30.90, 285.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0044 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.083 273)
XYZ	xyz(32.5205, 31.9066, 62.8257)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8997CE #CEC089

analogous

#89BACE #8997CE #9E89CE

triadic

#8997CE #CE8997 #97CE89

tetradic

#8997CE #CE89BA #CEC089 #89CE9E

square

#8997CE #CE89BA #CEC089 #89CE9E

split-complementary

#8997CE #CE9E89 #BACE89

monochromatic

#41539C #5E71BC #8997CE #B4BDE0 #DFE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#8997CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#8997CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8997CE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8997CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8997CE	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8997ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.083 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5dd',
    500: '#8997ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8997ce;
$custom-light: #adb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8997ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.826,
    "s": 41.317,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68619,
    "c": 0.08289,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.31908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8997CE

secondary

#E4E0CF

accent

#9A31B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8997CE

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

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