#8AA4E8#8AA4E8

#8AA4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA4E8
RGB	rgb(138, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(223, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 7.91, -37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 37.92, 282.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0041 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.104 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3177, 37.7784, 81.6012)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA4E8 #E8CE8A

analogous

#8AD3E8 #8AA4E8 #9F8AE8

triadic

#8AA4E8 #E88AA4 #A4E88A

tetradic

#8AA4E8 #E88AD3 #E8CE8A #8AE89F

square

#8AA4E8 #E88AD3 #E8CE8A #8AE89F

split-complementary

#8AA4E8 #E89F8A #D3E88A

monochromatic

#2957CF #577CDE #8AA4E8 #BDCCF2 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8AA4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8AA4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA4E8

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA4E8	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbeef',
    500: '#8aa4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa4e8;
$custom-light: #afbeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.404,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72558,
    "c": 0.10365,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA4E8

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9C16CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA4E8

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

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