#8AA4E2#8AA4E2

#8AA4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.095 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA4E2
RGB	rgb(138, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(222, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 6.27, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 34.75, 280.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0057 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.095 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4800, 37.4434, 77.1892)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA4E2 #E2C88A

analogous

#8AD0E2 #8AA4E2 #9C8AE2

triadic

#8AA4E2 #E28AA4 #A4E28A

tetradic

#8AA4E2 #E28AD0 #E2C88A #8AE29C

square

#8AA4E2 #E28AD0 #E2C88A #8AE29C

split-complementary

#8AA4E2 #E29C8A #D0E28A

monochromatic

#305BC2 #597ED6 #8AA4E2 #BBCAEE #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8AA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#8AA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA4E2

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA4E2	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.095 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbeeb',
    500: '#8aa4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa4e2;
$custom-light: #afbeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.273,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA4E2

secondary

#EFE9D8

accent

#961EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA4E2

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

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