#8AABDE#8AABDE

#8AABDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.083 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABDE
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 222)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 1.28, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 29.35, 272.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0159 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.083 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2249, 39.8011, 74.7613)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABDE #DEBD8A

analogous

#8AD5DE #8AABDE #938ADE

triadic

#8AABDE #DE8AAB #ABDE8A

tetradic

#8AABDE #DE8AD5 #DEBD8A #8ADE93

square

#8AABDE #DE8AD5 #DEBD8A #8ADE93

split-complementary

#8AABDE #DE938A #D5DE8A

monochromatic

#3469B9 #5A89D1 #8AABDE #BACDEB #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8AABDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#8AABDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABDE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABDE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.083 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3e8',
    500: '#8aabde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabde;
$custom-light: #afc3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73573,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABDE

secondary

#EDE4D6

accent

#8422C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABDE

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

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