#8AA5CE#8AA5CE

#8AA5CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.067 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA5CE
RGB	rgb(138, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(216, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(216, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 0.43, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 23.93, 271.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0133 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.067 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0736, 36.7683, 63.6295)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA5CE #CEB38A

analogous

#8AC7CE #8AA5CE #918ACE

triadic

#8AA5CE #CE8AA5 #A5CE8A

tetradic

#8AA5CE #CE8AC7 #CEB38A #8ACE91

square

#8AA5CE #CE8AC7 #CEB38A #8ACE91

split-complementary

#8AA5CE #CE918A #C7CE8A

monochromatic

#41659C #5F84BC #8AA5CE #B5C6E0 #E0E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8AA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#8AA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA5CE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA5CE	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.067 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfdd',
    500: '#8aa5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa5ce;
$custom-light: #aebfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.176,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71632,
    "c": 0.06732,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA5CE

secondary

#E5DCCF

accent

#8031B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA5CE

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

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