#8A98B8#8A98B8

#8A98B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.050 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98B8
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 184)
HSL	hsl(222, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(222, 25%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 17.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, 2.23, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 18.39, 276.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0031 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.05 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3589, 31.3196, 49.7839)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98B8 #B8AA8A

analogous

#8AAFB8 #8A98B8 #938AB8

triadic

#8A98B8 #B88A98 #98B88A

tetradic

#8A98B8 #B88AAF #B8AA8A #8AB893

square

#8A98B8 #B88AAF #B8AA8A #8AB893

split-complementary

#8A98B8 #B8938A #AFB88A

monochromatic

#4B5A7C #6476A1 #8A98B8 #B0BACF #D6DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#8A98B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#8A98B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98B8

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98B8	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A96B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.050 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6cd',
    500: '#8a98b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98b8;
$custom-light: #adb6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 24.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67981,
    "c": 0.05006,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98B8

secondary

#D7D2C7

accent

#8643A3

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98B8

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

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