#8D97BB#8D97BB

#8D97BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.054 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D97BB
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(227, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(227, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 4.46, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 20.34, 282.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0026 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.054 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0184, 31.3830, 51.4273)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D97BB #BBB18D

analogous

#8DAEBB #8D97BB #9A8DBB

triadic

#8D97BB #BB8D97 #97BB8D

tetradic

#8D97BB #BB8DAE #BBB18D #8DBB9A

square

#8D97BB #BB8DAE #BBB18D #8DBB9A

split-complementary

#8D97BB #BB9A8D #AEBB8D

monochromatic

#4D5881 #6774A4 #8D97BB #B3BAD2 #DADDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#8D97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#8D97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D97BB

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D97BB	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.054 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5cf',
    500: '#8d97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d97bb;
$custom-light: #afb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68113,
    "c": 0.05443,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D97BB

secondary

#DAD6CA

accent

#8E42A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D97BB

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

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