#8D97BE#8D97BE

#8D97BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.059 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D97BE
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(228, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(228, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 5.19, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 21.98, 283.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0036 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.059 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3429, 31.5128, 53.1364)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D97BE #BEB48D

analogous

#8DB0BE #8D97BE #9C8DBE

triadic

#8D97BE #BE8D97 #97BE8D

tetradic

#8D97BE #BE8DB0 #BEB48D #8DBE9C

square

#8D97BE #BE8DB0 #BEB48D #8DBE9C

split-complementary

#8D97BE #BE9C8D #B0BE8D

monochromatic

#4C5785 #6673A8 #8D97BE #B4BBD4 #DBDEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8D97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#8D97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D97BE

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D97BE	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.059 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5d1',
    500: '#8d97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d97be;
$custom-light: #afb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.755,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68233,
    "c": 0.05876,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D97BE

secondary

#DCD8CB

accent

#9140A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D97BE

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

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