#8AA6ED#8AA6ED

#8AA6ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA6ED
RGB	rgb(138, 166, 237)
HSL	hsl(223, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(223, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 30%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 8.16, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 39.52, 281.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0052 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.108 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3987, 38.7880, 85.5152)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA6ED #EDD18A

analogous

#8AD7ED #8AA6ED #9F8AED

triadic

#8AA6ED #ED8AA6 #A6ED8A

tetradic

#8AA6ED #ED8AD7 #EDD18A #8AED9F

square

#8AA6ED #ED8AD7 #EDD18A #8AED9F

split-complementary

#8AA6ED #ED9F8A #D7ED8A

monochromatic

#2256DB #557EE5 #8AA6ED #BFCEF5 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8AA6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#8AA6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA6ED

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA6ED	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 166, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c0f3',
    500: '#8aa6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa6ed;
$custom-light: #b0c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.03,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA6ED

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#9E10D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA6ED

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

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