#8A98AE#8A98AE

#8A98AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.036 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98AE
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 174)
HSL	hsl(217, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -0.14, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 13.14, 269.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0067 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.036 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3475, 30.9150, 44.4572)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98AE #AEA08A

analogous

#8AAAAE #8A98AE #8E8AAE

triadic

#8A98AE #AE8A98 #98AE8A

tetradic

#8A98AE #AE8AAA #AEA08A #8AAE8E

square

#8A98AE #AE8AAA #AEA08A #8AAE8E

split-complementary

#8A98AE #AE8E8A #AAAE8A

monochromatic

#4E5B70 #677894 #8A98AE #AEB8C7 #D2D8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#8A98AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#8A98AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98AE

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98AE	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.036 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6c6',
    500: '#8a98ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98ae;
$custom-light: #acb6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67601,
    "c": 0.03635,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98AE

secondary

#D1CBC3

accent

#7C499C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98AE

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

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