#8A98EF colour

#8A98EF is a light blue close to CSS cornflowerblue. RGB 138, 152, 239, HSL 232, 76%, 74%. Black text passes AAA (7.82:1), white fails (2.69:1).

#8A98EF

Nearest CSS name: cornflowerblue #6495ed (not an exact match)
Described as: a light blue
Red, green, blue: 138, 152, 239
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.3409 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#8a98ef`
RGB	`rgb(138, 152, 239)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(54.1% 59.6% 93.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(231.7, 75.9%, 73.9%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(231.7, 42.3%, 93.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(231.7 54.1% 6.3%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(42%, 36%, 0%, 6%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(64.48% 11.54 -45.99)`
OKLCH	`oklch(70.48% 0.1281 275.67)`
Decimal	`9083119`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.69:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 7.82:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.69:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	7.82:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #8A98EF (7.82:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#95a1f0 18%#9fabf2 27%#aab4f3 36%#b5bdf5 45%#bfc7f6 55%#cad0f8 64%#d4daf9 73%#dfe3fb 82%#eaecfc 91%#f4f6fe

9%#7d8ad9 18%#717cc4 27%#646fae 36%#586198 45%#4b5382 55%#3f456d 64%#323757 73%#262941 82%#191c2b 91%#0d0e16

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#8a98ef #efe18a

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#8acbef #8a98ef #af8aef

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#8a98ef #ef8a98 #98ef8a

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#8a98ef #efaf8a #cbef8a

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#8a98ef #ef8acb #efe18a #8aefaf

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#8a98ef Protanopia#79a2f2 Deuteranopia#729aed Tritanopia#69aab8 Achromatopsia#9e9e9e

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #8a98ef;`
Background	`background-color: #8a98ef;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #8a98ef;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(138 152 239 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #8a98ef;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a98ef, #535b8f);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #b9c1f5, #8a98ef);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #8a98ef; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.