#9897BB#9897BB

#9897BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.053 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9897BB
RGB	rgb(152, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(242, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(242, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 7.96, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 20.13, 293.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.0147 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.053 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9831, 32.3960, 51.5194)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9897BB #BABB97

analogous

#97A8BB #9897BB #AA97BB

triadic

#9897BB #BB9897 #97BB98

tetradic

#9897BB #BB97A8 #BABB97 #97BBAA

square

#9897BB #BB97A8 #BABB97 #97BBAA

split-complementary

#9897BB #BBAA97 #A8BB97

monochromatic

#565582 #7372A3 #9897BB #BDBCD3 #E1E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#9897BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#9897BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9897BB

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9897BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9897BB	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9897bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.053 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b5cf',
    500: '#9897bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9897bb;
$custom-light: #b6b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9897bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68976,
    "c": 0.05253,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9897BB

secondary

#DCDDD1

accent

#9F469D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9897BB

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

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