#8AA8EA#8AA8EA

#8AA8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.102 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA8EA
RGB	rgb(138, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(221, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 6.20, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 36.92, 279.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0085 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.102 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3305, 39.3470, 83.3483)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA8EA #EACC8A

analogous

#8AD8EA #8AA8EA #9C8AEA

triadic

#8AA8EA #EA8AA8 #A8EA8A

tetradic

#8AA8EA #EA8AD8 #EACC8A #8AEA9C

square

#8AA8EA #EA8AD8 #EACC8A #8AEA9C

split-complementary

#8AA8EA #EA9C8A #D8EA8A

monochromatic

#265CD4 #5681E1 #8AA8EA #BECFF3 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8AA8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#8AA8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA8EA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA8EA	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.102 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc1f1',
    500: '#8aa8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa8ea;
$custom-light: #afc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73476,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA8EA

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9614D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA8EA

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

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