#8AA5D5#8AA5D5

#8AA5D5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.077 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA5D5
RGB	rgb(138, 165, 213)
HSL	hsl(218, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(218, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 2.25, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 27.49, 274.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.011 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.077 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9430, 37.1160, 68.2081)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA5D5 #D5BA8A

analogous

#8ACBD5 #8AA5D5 #958AD5

triadic

#8AA5D5 #D58AA5 #A5D58A

tetradic

#8AA5D5 #D58ACB #D5BA8A #8AD595

square

#8AA5D5 #D58ACB #D5BA8A #8AD595

split-complementary

#8AA5D5 #D5958A #CBD58A

monochromatic

#3C63A8 #5D82C5 #8AA5D5 #B7C8E5 #E4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#8AA5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#8AA5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA5D5

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA5D5	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 165, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.077 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfe2',
    500: '#8aa5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa5d5;
$custom-light: #aebfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71922,
    "c": 0.07662,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA5D5

secondary

#E8E1D2

accent

#872BBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA5D5

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

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