#8AABE5#8AABE5

#8AABE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABE5
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(218, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 3.16, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 32.89, 275.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0137 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.092 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1826, 40.1842, 79.8053)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABE5 #E5C48A

analogous

#8AD8E5 #8AABE5 #978AE5

triadic

#8AABE5 #E58AAB #ABE58A

tetradic

#8AABE5 #E58AD8 #E5C48A #8AE597

square

#8AABE5 #E58AD8 #E5C48A #8AE597

split-complementary

#8AABE5 #E5978A #D8E58A

monochromatic

#2C65C8 #5887DA #8AABE5 #BCCFF0 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8AABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#8AABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABE5

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABE5	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)

#96AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3ed',
    500: '#8aabe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabe5;
$custom-light: #afc3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.242,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73877,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABE5

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8B1ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABE5

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

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