#8B97D9#8B97D9

#8B97D9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B97D9
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 217)
HSL	hsl(231, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(231, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 30.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 11.52, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 36.87, 288.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0096 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.098 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2348, 32.6306, 70.1267)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B97D9 #D9CD8B

analogous

#8BBED9 #8B97D9 #A68BD9

triadic

#8B97D9 #D98B97 #97D98B

tetradic

#8B97D9 #D98BBE #D9CD8B #8BD9A6

square

#8B97D9 #D98BBE #D9CD8B #8BD9A6

split-complementary

#8B97D9 #D9A68B #BED98B

monochromatic

#3A4CB0 #5D6ECA #8B97D9 #B9C0E8 #E7EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8B97D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#8B97D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B97D9

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B97D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B97D9	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b97d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5e5',
    500: '#8b97d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b97d9;
$custom-light: #afb5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b97d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69266,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B97D9

secondary

#EBE8D5

accent

#A727BE

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111115

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B97D9

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

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