#8A98CC#8A98CC

#8A98CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.079 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98CC
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 204)
HSL	hsl(227, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 7.24, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 29.23, 284.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0035 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.079 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6055, 32.2182, 61.6158)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98CC #CCBE8A

analogous

#8AB9CC #8A98CC #9D8ACC

triadic

#8A98CC #CC8A98 #98CC8A

tetradic

#8A98CC #CC8AB9 #CCBE8A #8ACC9D

square

#8A98CC #CC8AB9 #CCBE8A #8ACC9D

split-complementary

#8A98CC #CC9D8A #B9CC8A

monochromatic

#435599 #5F72B9 #8A98CC #B5BEDF #DFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8A98CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#8A98CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98CC

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98CC	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.079 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6db',
    500: '#8a98cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98cc;
$custom-light: #aeb6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6881,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98CC

secondary

#E3DFCE

accent

#9733B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98CC

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

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