#8A98CB#8A98CB

#8A98CB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.077 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98CB
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 203)
HSL	hsl(227, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 25.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 6.99, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 28.69, 284.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0032 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.077 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4859, 32.1704, 60.9862)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98CB #CBBD8A

analogous

#8AB9CB #8A98CB #9D8ACB

triadic

#8A98CB #CB8A98 #98CB8A

tetradic

#8A98CB #CB8AB9 #CBBD8A #8ACB9D

square

#8A98CB #CB8AB9 #CBBD8A #8ACB9D

split-complementary

#8A98CB #CB9D8A #B9CB8A

monochromatic

#435597 #6073B8 #8A98CB #B4BDDE #DFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8A98CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#8A98CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98CB

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98CB	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.077 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6db',
    500: '#8a98cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98cb;
$custom-light: #aeb6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.077,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68767,
    "c": 0.07707,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98CB

secondary

#E3DECE

accent

#9634B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98CB

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

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