#8A98BC#8A98BC

#8A98BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.056 H 268.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98BC
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(223, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(223, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 3.21, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 20.54, 278.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0017 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.056 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7841, 31.4897, 52.0234)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98BC #BCAE8A

analogous

#8AB1BC #8A98BC #958ABC

triadic

#8A98BC #BC8A98 #98BC8A

tetradic

#8A98BC #BC8AB1 #BCAE8A #8ABC95

square

#8A98BC #BC8AB1 #BCAE8A #8ABC95

split-complementary

#8A98BC #BC958A #B1BC8A

monochromatic

#4A5A81 #6376A6 #8A98BC #B1BAD2 #D8DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8A98BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#8A98BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98BC

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98BC	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.056 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6d0',
    500: '#8a98bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98bc;
$custom-light: #adb6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68139,
    "c": 0.0557,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98BC

secondary

#DAD5C8

accent

#8940A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98BC

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

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