#8B98CE#8B98CE

#8B98CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.081 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B98CE
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 206)
HSL	hsl(228, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(228, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 8.05, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 30.29, 285.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0052 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.081 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0131, 32.4005, 62.8951)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B98CE #CEC18B

analogous

#8BBACE #8B98CE #9F8BCE

triadic

#8B98CE #CE8B98 #98CE8B

tetradic

#8B98CE #CE8BBA #CEC18B #8BCE9F

square

#8B98CE #CE8BBA #CEC18B #8BCE9F

split-complementary

#8B98CE #CE9F8B #BACE8B

monochromatic

#42549C #6072BC #8B98CE #B6BEE0 #E1E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8B98CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#8B98CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B98CE

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B98CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B98CE	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b98ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.081 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb6dd',
    500: '#8b98ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b98ce;
$custom-light: #aeb6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b98ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.358,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68971,
    "c": 0.08108,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B98CE

secondary

#E5E1D0

accent

#9A32B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B98CE

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

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