#8D97BC#8D97BC

#8D97BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.056 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D97BC
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(227, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(227, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 4.70, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 20.88, 283.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.003 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.056 273)
XYZ	xyz(31.1258, 31.4260, 51.9931)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D97BC #BCB28D

analogous

#8DAFBC #8D97BC #9B8DBC

triadic

#8D97BC #BC8D97 #97BC8D

tetradic

#8D97BC #BC8DAF #BCB28D #8DBC9B

square

#8D97BC #BC8DAF #BCB28D #8DBC9B

split-complementary

#8D97BC #BC9B8D #AFBC8D

monochromatic

#4C5882 #6674A5 #8D97BC #B4BAD3 #DADDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8D97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#8D97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D97BC

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D97BC	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.056 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5d0',
    500: '#8d97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d97bc;
$custom-light: #afb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.234,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68153,
    "c": 0.05588,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.31427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D97BC

secondary

#DBD7CA

accent

#8F41A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D97BC

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

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