#8E98AC#8E98AC

#8E98AC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.032 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E98AC
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 172)
HSL	hsl(220, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(220, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, 0.71, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 11.66, 273.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0031 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.032 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8282, 31.1853, 43.4696)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E98AC #ACA28E

analogous

#8EA7AC #8E98AC #938EAC

triadic

#8E98AC #AC8E98 #98AC8E

tetradic

#8E98AC #AC8EA7 #ACA28E #8EAC93

square

#8E98AC #AC8EA7 #ACA28E #8EAC93

split-complementary

#8E98AC #AC938E #A7AC8E

monochromatic

#515B6E #6B7892 #8E98AC #B1B8C6 #D5D8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#8E98AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#8E98AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E98AC

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E98AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E98AC	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e98ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.032 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6c4',
    500: '#8e98ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e98ac;
$custom-light: #afb6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e98ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67832,
    "c": 0.0317,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E98AC

secondary

#D0CDC5

accent

#804C9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E98AC

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

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