#8F97BE#8F97BE

#8F97BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.058 H 275.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F97BE
RGB	rgb(143, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(230, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(230, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 5.81, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 21.91, 285.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0058 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.058 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6862, 31.6898, 53.1525)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F97BE #BEB68F

analogous

#8FAFBE #8F97BE #9E8FBE

triadic

#8F97BE #BE8F97 #97BE8F

tetradic

#8F97BE #BE8FAF #BEB68F #8FBE9E

square

#8F97BE #BE8FAF #BEB68F #8FBE9E

split-complementary

#8F97BE #BE9E8F #AFBE8F

monochromatic

#4D5785 #6873A8 #8F97BE #B6BBD4 #DCDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8F97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#8F97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8F97BE

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F97BE	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.058 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5d1',
    500: '#8f97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f97be;
$custom-light: #b0b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.787,
    "s": 26.554,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68385,
    "c": 0.05824,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F97BE

secondary

#DCDACC

accent

#9440A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F6F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F97BE

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

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