#8D97BF#8D97BF

#8D97BF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.060 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D97BF
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(228, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(228, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 5.43, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 22.53, 283.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.004 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.06 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4526, 31.5567, 53.7140)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D97BF #BFB58D

analogous

#8DB0BF #8D97BF #9C8DBF

triadic

#8D97BF #BF8D97 #97BF8D

tetradic

#8D97BF #BF8DB0 #BFB58D #8DBF9C

square

#8D97BF #BF8DB0 #BFB58D #8DBF9C

split-complementary

#8D97BF #BF9C8D #B0BF8D

monochromatic

#4B5786 #6673A9 #8D97BF #B4BBD5 #DBDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8D97BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#8D97BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D97BF

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D97BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D97BF	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d97bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.060 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb5d2',
    500: '#8d97bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d97bf;
$custom-light: #afb5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d97bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 28.09,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68274,
    "c": 0.0602,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D97BF

secondary

#DCD9CB

accent

#923FA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D97BF

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

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