#8A98E5#8A98E5

#8A98E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98E5
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 229)
HSL	hsl(231, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(231, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 33.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 13.94, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 42.89, 288.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0104 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.114 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8481, 33.5153, 78.6938)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98E5 #E5D78A

analogous

#8AC6E5 #8A98E5 #AA8AE5

triadic

#8A98E5 #E58A98 #98E58A

tetradic

#8A98E5 #E58AC6 #E5D78A #8AE5AA

square

#8A98E5 #E58AC6 #E5D78A #8AE5AA

split-complementary

#8A98E5 #E5AA8A #C6E58A

monochromatic

#2C44C8 #586CDA #8A98E5 #BCC4F0 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8A98E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#8A98E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98E5

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98E5	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7799E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6ed',
    500: '#8a98e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98e5;
$custom-light: #afb6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69973,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98E5

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#B01ACB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98E5

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

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