#8B98C8#8B98C8

#8B98C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.072 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B98C8
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(227, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(227, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 6.51, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 27.01, 283.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0033 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.072 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2981, 32.1145, 59.1294)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B98C8 #C8BB8B

analogous

#8BB7C8 #8B98C8 #9D8BC8

triadic

#8B98C8 #C88B98 #98C88B

tetradic

#8B98C8 #C88BB7 #C8BB8B #8BC89D

square

#8B98C8 #C88BB7 #C8BB8B #8BC89D

split-complementary

#8B98C8 #C89D8B #B7C88B

monochromatic

#465693 #6173B4 #8B98C8 #B5BDDC #DEE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8B98C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#8B98C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B98C8

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B98C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B98C8	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8597C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b98c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.072 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6d8',
    500: '#8b98c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b98c8;
$custom-light: #aeb6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b98c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.213,
    "s": 35.673,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6871,
    "c": 0.07248,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B98C8

secondary

#E1DDCE

accent

#9537AF

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B98C8

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

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