#8AA4E5#8AA4E5

#8AA4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA4E5
RGB	rgb(138, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(223, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(223, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 7.09, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 36.33, 281.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0049 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.1 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8952, 37.6095, 79.3761)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA4E5 #E5CB8A

analogous

#8AD2E5 #8AA4E5 #9E8AE5

triadic

#8AA4E5 #E58AA4 #A4E58A

tetradic

#8AA4E5 #E58AD2 #E5CB8A #8AE59E

square

#8AA4E5 #E58AD2 #E5CB8A #8AE59E

split-complementary

#8AA4E5 #E59E8A #D2E58A

monochromatic

#2C59C8 #587DDA #8AA4E5 #BCCBF0 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8AA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#8AA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA4E5

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA4E5	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbeed',
    500: '#8aa4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa4e5;
$custom-light: #afbeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA4E5

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#991ACB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA4E5

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

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