#8AA9E7#8AA9E7

#8AA9E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.097 H 263.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA9E7
RGB	rgb(138, 169, 231)
HSL	hsl(220, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(220, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 4.82, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 34.87, 277.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0106 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.097 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0885, 39.5467, 81.1594)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA9E7 #E7C88A

analogous

#8AD7E7 #8AA9E7 #9A8AE7

triadic

#8AA9E7 #E78AA9 #A9E78A

tetradic

#8AA9E7 #E78AD7 #E7C88A #8AE79A

square

#8AA9E7 #E78AD7 #E7C88A #8AE79A

split-complementary

#8AA9E7 #E79A8A #D7E78A

monochromatic

#2A60CD #5784DD #8AA9E7 #BDCEF1 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8AA9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#8AA9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA9E7

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA9E7	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 169, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.097 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc2ef',
    500: '#8aa9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa9e7;
$custom-light: #afc2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73548,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA9E7

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#9118CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA9E7

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

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