#8D97CC#8D97CC

#8D97CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.079 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D97CC
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(230, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(230, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 8.69, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 29.68, 287.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0081 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.079 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9472, 32.1545, 61.5856)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D97CC #CCC28D

analogous

#8DB7CC #8D97CC #A28DCC

triadic

#8D97CC #CC8D97 #97CC8D

tetradic

#8D97CC #CC8DB7 #CCC28D #8DCCA2

square

#8D97CC #CC8DB7 #CCC28D #8DCCA2

split-complementary

#8D97CC #CCA28D #B7CC8D

monochromatic

#45529A #6370B9 #8D97CC #B7BEDF #E2E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8D97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#8D97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D97CC

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D97CC	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.079 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5db',
    500: '#8d97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d97cc;
$custom-light: #b0b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.476,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68823,
    "c": 0.07896,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D97CC

secondary

#E4E1D1

accent

#9D34B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D97CC

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

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