#9897CD#9897CD

#9897CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.079 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9897CD
RGB	rgb(152, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(241, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(241, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 12.22, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 30.13, 293.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0204 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.079 285)
XYZ	xyz(35.0322, 33.2157, 62.3113)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9897CD #CCCD97

analogous

#97B1CD #9897CD #B397CD

triadic

#9897CD #CD9897 #97CD98

tetradic

#9897CD #CD97B1 #CCCD97 #97CDB3

square

#9897CD #CD97B1 #CCCD97 #97CDB3

split-complementary

#9897CD #CDB397 #B1CD97

monochromatic

#4D4C9E #6F6EB9 #9897CD #C1C0E1 #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9897CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#9897CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9897CD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9897CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9897CD	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9897cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.079 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b5dc',
    500: '#9897cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9897cd;
$custom-light: #b7b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9897cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69713,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.33216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9897CD

secondary

#E7E8D8

accent

#AE38AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9897CD

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

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