#8E97C6#8E97C6

#8E97C6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.070 H 276.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E97C6
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 198)
HSL	hsl(230, 33%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(230, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 7.47, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 26.35, 286.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0073 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.07 276)
XYZ	xyz(32.4122, 31.9603, 57.8764)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E97C6 #C6BD8E

analogous

#8EB3C6 #8E97C6 #A18EC6

triadic

#8E97C6 #C68E97 #97C68E

tetradic

#8E97C6 #C68EB3 #C6BD8E #8EC6A1

square

#8E97C6 #C68EB3 #C6BD8E #8EC6A1

split-complementary

#8E97C6 #C6A18E #B3C68E

monochromatic

#495491 #6572B1 #8E97C6 #B7BCDB #DFE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#8E97C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#8E97C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E97C6

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E97C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E97C6	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8697C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e97c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.070 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5d7',
    500: '#8e97c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e97c6;
$custom-light: #b0b5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e97c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.357,
    "s": 32.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6864,
    "c": 0.07006,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.31961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E97C6

secondary

#E1DECF

accent

#993AAC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E97C6

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

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