#8B97DD#8B97DD

#8B97DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B97DD
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(231, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 12.60, -36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 39.07, 288.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0107 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.104 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7614, 32.8412, 72.9000)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B97DD #DDD18B

analogous

#8BC0DD #8B97DD #A88BDD

triadic

#8B97DD #DD8B97 #97DD8B

tetradic

#8B97DD #DD8BC0 #DDD18B #8BDDA8

square

#8B97DD #DD8BC0 #DDD18B #8BDDA8

split-complementary

#8B97DD #DDA88B #C0DD8B

monochromatic

#3649B8 #5C6DCF #8B97DD #BAC1EB #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8B97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#8B97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B97DD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B97DD	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5e8',
    500: '#8b97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b97dd;
$custom-light: #afb5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.22,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69455,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B97DD

secondary

#EDEAD7

accent

#AB23C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B97DD

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

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