#8D97AE#8D97AE

#8D97AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.036 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D97AE
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(222, 19%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 1.40, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 13.27, 276.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.002 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.036 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6892, 30.8513, 44.4269)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D97AE #AEA48D

analogous

#8DA8AE #8D97AE #948DAE

triadic

#8D97AE #AE8D97 #97AE8D

tetradic

#8D97AE #AE8DA8 #AEA48D #8DAE94

square

#8D97AE #AE8DA8 #AEA48D #8DAE94

split-complementary

#8D97AE #AE948D #A8AE8D

monochromatic

#505A71 #697694 #8D97AE #B1B8C7 #D5D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8D97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#8D97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D97AE

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D97AE	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D96AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.036 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb5c6',
    500: '#8d97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d97ae;
$custom-light: #aeb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.818,
    "s": 16.923,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67614,
    "c": 0.03592,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D97AE

secondary

#D2CEC5

accent

#834A9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D97AE

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

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