#8D97CE#8D97CE

#8D97CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.082 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D97CE
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(231, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(231, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 9.20, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 30.78, 287.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% 0.0087 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.082 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1886, 32.2511, 62.8570)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D97CE #CEC48D

analogous

#8DB7CE #8D97CE #A38DCE

triadic

#8D97CE #CE8D97 #97CE8D

tetradic

#8D97CE #CE8DB7 #CEC48D #8DCEA3

square

#8D97CE #CE8DB7 #CEC48D #8DCEA3

split-complementary

#8D97CE #CEA38D #B7CE8D

monochromatic

#44519D #6270BC #8D97CE #B8BEE0 #E3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8D97CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#8D97CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D97CE

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D97CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D97CE	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d97ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.082 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5dd',
    500: '#8d97ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d97ce;
$custom-light: #b0b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d97ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68911,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D97CE

secondary

#E5E2D1

accent

#9F33B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D97CE

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

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