#8A98CD#8A98CD

#8A98CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.080 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98CD
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(227, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 7.50, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 29.78, 284.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0038 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.08 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7258, 32.2663, 62.2495)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98CD #CDBF8A

analogous

#8AB9CD #8A98CD #9E8ACD

triadic

#8A98CD #CD8A98 #98CD8A

tetradic

#8A98CD #CD8AB9 #CDBF8A #8ACD9E

square

#8A98CD #CD8AB9 #CDBF8A #8ACD9E

split-complementary

#8A98CD #CD9E8A #B9CD8A

monochromatic

#42559B #5F72BB #8A98CD #B5BEDF #E0E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8A98CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#8A98CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98CD

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98CD	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.080 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6dc',
    500: '#8a98cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98cd;
$custom-light: #aeb6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.463,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68854,
    "c": 0.07993,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98CD

secondary

#E4E0CF

accent

#9832B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98CD

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

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