#8A98BE#8A98BE

#8A98BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.059 H 269.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98BE
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 190)
HSL	hsl(224, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(224, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 3.70, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 21.62, 279.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.001 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.059 269)
XYZ	xyz(31.0012, 31.5765, 53.1667)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98BE #BEB08A

analogous

#8AB2BE #8A98BE #968ABE

triadic

#8A98BE #BE8A98 #98BE8A

tetradic

#8A98BE #BE8AB2 #BEB08A #8ABE96

square

#8A98BE #BE8AB2 #BEB08A #8ABE96

split-complementary

#8A98BE #BE968A #B2BE8A

monochromatic

#495984 #6375A8 #8A98BE #B1BBD4 #D9DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8A98BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#8A98BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98BE

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98BE	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.059 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6d1',
    500: '#8a98be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98be;
$custom-light: #adb6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6822,
    "c": 0.05853,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.31577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98BE

secondary

#DBD6C9

accent

#8B3EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98BE

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

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