#8AAAEC#8AAAEC

#8AAAEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.103 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAAEC
RGB	rgb(138, 170, 236)
HSL	hsl(220, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 5.63, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 36.97, 278.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0104 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.103 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9915, 40.2067, 84.9940)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAAEC #ECCC8A

analogous

#8ADBEC #8AAAEC #9B8AEC

triadic

#8AAAEC #EC8AAA #AAEC8A

tetradic

#8AAAEC #EC8ADB #ECCC8A #8AEC9B

square

#8AAAEC #EC8ADB #ECCC8A #8AEC9B

split-complementary

#8AAAEC #EC9B8A #DBEC8A

monochromatic

#235ED8 #5584E3 #8AAAEC #BFD0F5 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8AAAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#8AAAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAAEC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAAEC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 170, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.103 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3f2',
    500: '#8aaaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaaec;
$custom-light: #b0c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.408,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73983,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAAEC

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9511D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAAEC

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

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