#8D97DB#8D97DB

#8D97DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.101 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D97DB
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(232, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(232, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, 12.61, -35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 37.93, 289.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0123 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.101 277)
XYZ	xyz(34.8336, 32.9091, 71.5208)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D97DB #DBD18D

analogous

#8DBEDB #8D97DB #AA8DDB

triadic

#8D97DB #DB8D97 #97DB8D

tetradic

#8D97DB #DB8DBE #DBD18D #8DDBAA

square

#8D97DB #DB8DBE #DBD18D #8DDBAA

split-complementary

#8D97DB #DBAA8D #BEDB8D

monochromatic

#3949B5 #5E6DCC #8D97DB #BCC1EA #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8D97DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#8D97DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D97DB

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D97DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D97DB	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d97db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.101 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5e6',
    500: '#8d97db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d97db;
$custom-light: #b0b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d97db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69505,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.3291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D97DB

secondary

#ECEAD7

accent

#AC26BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D97DB

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

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