#8AABE3#8AABE3

#8AABE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.089 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABE3
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 2.62, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 31.87, 274.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0143 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.089 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9049, 40.0731, 78.3431)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABE3 #E3C28A

analogous

#8AD8E3 #8AABE3 #968AE3

triadic

#8AABE3 #E38AAB #ABE38A

tetradic

#8AABE3 #E38AD8 #E3C28A #8AE396

square

#8AABE3 #E38AD8 #E3C28A #8AE396

split-complementary

#8AABE3 #E3968A #D8E38A

monochromatic

#2F66C4 #5988D7 #8AABE3 #BBCEEF #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8AABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#8AABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABE3

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABE3	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.089 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3ec',
    500: '#8aabe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabe3;
$custom-light: #afc3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.753,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73789,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABE3

secondary

#F0E7D9

accent

#891CC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABE3

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

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