#8AA4E1#8AA4E1

#8AA4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.094 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA4E1
RGB	rgb(138, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(222, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 6.00, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 34.22, 280.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.006 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.094 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3431, 37.3886, 76.4686)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA4E1 #E1C78A

analogous

#8ACFE1 #8AA4E1 #9B8AE1

triadic

#8AA4E1 #E18AA4 #A4E18A

tetradic

#8AA4E1 #E18ACF #E1C78A #8AE19B

square

#8AA4E1 #E18ACF #E1C78A #8AE19B

split-complementary

#8AA4E1 #E19B8A #CFE18A

monochromatic

#315CBF #597ED5 #8AA4E1 #BBCAED #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8AA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#8AA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA4E1

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA4E1	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.094 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbeea',
    500: '#8aa4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa4e1;
$custom-light: #afbeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.069,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72237,
    "c": 0.094,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA4E1

secondary

#EFE8D8

accent

#951FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA4E1

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

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