#8AABE1#8AABE1

#8AABE1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.087 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABE1
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 225)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, 2.08, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 30.86, 273.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0149 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.087 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6305, 39.9634, 76.8978)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABE1 #E1C08A

analogous

#8AD7E1 #8AABE1 #948AE1

triadic

#8AABE1 #E18AAB #ABE18A

tetradic

#8AABE1 #E18AD7 #E1C08A #8AE194

square

#8AABE1 #E18AD7 #E1C08A #8AE194

split-complementary

#8AABE1 #E1948A #D7E18A

monochromatic

#3167BF #5988D5 #8AABE1 #BBCEED #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8AABE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#8AABE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABE1

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABE1	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.087 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3ea',
    500: '#8aabe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabe1;
$custom-light: #afc3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73702,
    "c": 0.08681,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABE1

secondary

#EFE6D8

accent

#871FC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABE1

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

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