#8AABE6#8AABE6

#8AABE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.093 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABE6
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(218, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 3.43, -33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 33.40, 275.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0134 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.093 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3226, 40.2402, 80.5427)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABE6 #E6C58A

analogous

#8AD9E6 #8AABE6 #978AE6

triadic

#8AABE6 #E68AAB #ABE68A

tetradic

#8AABE6 #E68AD9 #E6C58A #8AE697

square

#8AABE6 #E68AD9 #E6C58A #8AE697

split-complementary

#8AABE6 #E6978A #D9E68A

monochromatic

#2B64CA #5887DB #8AABE6 #BCCFF1 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8AABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#8AABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABE6

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABE6	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.093 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3ee',
    500: '#8aabe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabe6;
$custom-light: #afc3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.478,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73921,
    "c": 0.09343,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABE6

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8C19CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABE6

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

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