#8A98DB#8A98DB

#8A98DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.100 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98DB
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 219)
HSL	hsl(230, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(230, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 11.21, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 37.43, 287.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0078 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.1 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4919, 32.9728, 71.5511)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98DB #DBCD8A

analogous

#8AC0DB #8A98DB #A58ADB

triadic

#8A98DB #DB8A98 #98DB8A

tetradic

#8A98DB #DB8AC0 #DBCD8A #8ADBA5

square

#8A98DB #DB8AC0 #DBCD8A #8ADBA5

split-complementary

#8A98DB #DBA58A #C0DB8A

monochromatic

#374DB3 #5B6FCD #8A98DB #B9C1E9 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8A98DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#8A98DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98DB

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98DB	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.100 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6e6',
    500: '#8a98db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98db;
$custom-light: #afb6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.63,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69491,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98DB

secondary

#ECE8D5

accent

#A625C0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98DB

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

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