#8D97CB#8D97CB

#8D97CB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.078 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D97CB
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(230, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(230, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 8.43, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 29.13, 286.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0078 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.078 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8276, 32.1067, 60.9559)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D97CB #CBC18D

analogous

#8DB6CB #8D97CB #A28DCB

triadic

#8D97CB #CB8D97 #97CB8D

tetradic

#8D97CB #CB8DB6 #CBC18D #8DCBA2

square

#8D97CB #CB8DB6 #CBC18D #8DCBA2

split-complementary

#8D97CB #CBA28D #B6CB8D

monochromatic

#455398 #6371B8 #8D97CB #B7BDDE #E1E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8D97CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#8D97CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D97CB

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D97CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D97CB	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d97cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.078 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5db',
    500: '#8d97cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d97cb;
$custom-light: #b0b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d97cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.323,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6878,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D97CB

secondary

#E4E0D0

accent

#9C35B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D97CB

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

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