#8A98BA#8A98BA

#8A98BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.053 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98BA
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 186)
HSL	hsl(223, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(223, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 2.72, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 19.46, 278.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0024 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.053 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5700, 31.4040, 50.8958)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98BA #BAAC8A

analogous

#8AB0BA #8A98BA #948ABA

triadic

#8A98BA #BA8A98 #98BA8A

tetradic

#8A98BA #BA8AB0 #BAAC8A #8ABA94

square

#8A98BA #BA8AB0 #BAAC8A #8ABA94

split-complementary

#8A98BA #BA948A #B0BA8A

monochromatic

#4B5A7F #6476A3 #8A98BA #B0BAD1 #D7DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8A98BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#8A98BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98BA

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98BA	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)

#8E9ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.053 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6ce',
    500: '#8a98ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98ba;
$custom-light: #adb6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.5,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6806,
    "c": 0.05287,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98BA

secondary

#D8D3C7

accent

#8741A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98BA

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

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