#8A98CE#8A98CE

#8A98CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.081 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98CE
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 206)
HSL	hsl(228, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 26.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 7.76, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 30.32, 284.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0041 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.081 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8469, 32.3148, 62.8873)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98CE #CEC08A

analogous

#8ABACE #8A98CE #9E8ACE

triadic

#8A98CE #CE8A98 #98CE8A

tetradic

#8A98CE #CE8ABA #CEC08A #8ACE9E

square

#8A98CE #CE8ABA #CEC08A #8ACE9E

split-complementary

#8A98CE #CE9E8A #BACE8A

monochromatic

#41549C #5F72BC #8A98CE #B5BEE0 #E0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8A98CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8A98CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98CE

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98CE	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.081 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6dd',
    500: '#8a98ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98ce;
$custom-light: #aeb6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.647,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68898,
    "c": 0.08136,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98CE

secondary

#E5E0CF

accent

#9931B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98CE

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

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