#8B97AE#8B97AE

#8B97AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.037 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B97AE
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(219, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(219, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, 0.75, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 13.46, 273.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0042 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.037 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3521, 30.6775, 44.4111)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B97AE #AEA28B

analogous

#8BA9AE #8B97AE #918BAE

triadic

#8B97AE #AE8B97 #97AE8B

tetradic

#8B97AE #AE8BA9 #AEA28B #8BAE91

square

#8B97AE #AE8BA9 #AEA28B #8BAE91

split-complementary

#8B97AE #AE918B #A9AE8B

monochromatic

#4E5A70 #687794 #8B97AE #AFB7C7 #D3D8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8B97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#8B97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B97AE

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B97AE	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.037 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb5c6',
    500: '#8b97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b97ae;
$custom-light: #adb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.429,
    "s": 17.766,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67461,
    "c": 0.03677,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B97AE

secondary

#D1CCC4

accent

#80499C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B97AE

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

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