#8F97BF#8F97BF

#8F97BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.060 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F97BF
RGB	rgb(143, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(230, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(230, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 6.05, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 22.46, 285.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0061 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.06 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7958, 31.7337, 53.7301)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F97BF #BFB78F

analogous

#8FAFBF #8F97BF #9F8FBF

triadic

#8F97BF #BF8F97 #97BF8F

tetradic

#8F97BF #BF8FAF #BFB78F #8FBF9F

square

#8F97BF #BF8FAF #BFB78F #8FBF9F

split-complementary

#8F97BF #BF9F8F #AFBF8F

monochromatic

#4D5787 #6873A9 #8F97BF #B6BBD5 #DDDFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8F97BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#8F97BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8F97BF

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F97BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F97BF	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f97bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.060 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b5d2',
    500: '#8f97bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f97bf;
$custom-light: #b0b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f97bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68426,
    "c": 0.05969,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F97BF

secondary

#DDDACD

accent

#9540A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F6F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F97BF

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

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