#8AABDC#8AABDC

#8AABDC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.080 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABDC
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 220)
HSL	hsl(216, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(216, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 0.75, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 28.36, 271.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0165 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.08 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9584, 39.6945, 73.3580)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABDC #DCBB8A

analogous

#8AD4DC #8AABDC #928ADC

triadic

#8AABDC #DC8AAB #ABDC8A

tetradic

#8AABDC #DC8AD4 #DCBB8A #8ADC92

square

#8AABDC #DC8AD4 #DCBB8A #8ADC92

split-complementary

#8AABDC #DC928A #D4DC8A

monochromatic

#3669B5 #5B89CE #8AABDC #B9CDEA #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8AABDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#8AABDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABDC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABDC	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.080 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec3e7',
    500: '#8aabdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabdc;
$custom-light: #aec3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.854,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.08026,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABDC

secondary

#ECE3D6

accent

#8224C1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABDC

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

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