#8A98EC#8A98EC

#8A98EC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A98EC
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 236)
HSL	hsl(231, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(231, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 35.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 15.89, -43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 46.70, 289.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.012 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.124 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8452, 33.9141, 83.9453)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A98EC #ECDE8A

analogous

#8AC9EC #8A98EC #AD8AEC

triadic

#8A98EC #EC8A98 #98EC8A

tetradic

#8A98EC #EC8AC9 #ECDE8A #8AECAD

square

#8A98EC #EC8AC9 #ECDE8A #8AECAD

split-complementary

#8A98EC #ECAD8A #C9EC8A

monochromatic

#233DD8 #556AE3 #8A98EC #BFC6F5 #E5E8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8A98EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#8A98EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A98EC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A98EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A98EC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a98ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b6f2',
    500: '#8a98ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a98ec;
$custom-light: #b0b6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a98ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A98EC

secondary

#F2EFD9

accent

#B811D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A98EC

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

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