#8998BC#8998BC

#8998BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.056 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8998BC
RGB	rgb(137, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(222, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(222, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 2.90, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 20.61, 278.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0027 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.056 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6194, 31.4047, 52.0157)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8998BC #BCAD89

analogous

#89B1BC #8998BC #9389BC

triadic

#8998BC #BC8998 #98BC89

tetradic

#8998BC #BC89B1 #BCAD89 #89BC93

square

#8998BC #BC89B1 #BCAD89 #89BC93

split-complementary

#8998BC #BC9389 #B1BC89

monochromatic

#495A81 #6276A6 #8998BC #B0BAD2 #D7DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8998BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#8998BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8998BC

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8998BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8998BC	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8998bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.056 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6d0',
    500: '#8998bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8998bc;
$custom-light: #acb6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8998bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68066,
    "c": 0.05607,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8998BC

secondary

#D9D4C7

accent

#883FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8998BC

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

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