#8AA4E7#8AA4E7

#8AA4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.102 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA4E7
RGB	rgb(138, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(223, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(223, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 7.64, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 37.39, 281.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0043 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.102 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1760, 37.7218, 80.8553)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA4E7 #E7CD8A

analogous

#8AD2E7 #8AA4E7 #9F8AE7

triadic

#8AA4E7 #E78AA4 #A4E78A

tetradic

#8AA4E7 #E78AD2 #E7CD8A #8AE79F

square

#8AA4E7 #E78AD2 #E7CD8A #8AE79F

split-complementary

#8AA4E7 #E79F8A #D2E78A

monochromatic

#2A57CD #577DDD #8AA4E7 #BDCBF1 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8AA4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8AA4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA4E7

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA4E7	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.102 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbeef',
    500: '#8aa4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa4e7;
$custom-light: #afbeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.226,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72511,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA4E7

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9B18CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA4E7

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

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