#8AABE8#8AABE8

#8AABE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.096 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABE8
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(219, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 3.97, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 34.42, 276.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0128 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.096 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6050, 40.3532, 82.0304)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABE8 #E8C78A

analogous

#8ADAE8 #8AABE8 #988AE8

triadic

#8AABE8 #E88AAB #ABE88A

tetradic

#8AABE8 #E88ADA #E8C78A #8AE898

square

#8AABE8 #E88ADA #E8C78A #8AE898

split-complementary

#8AABE8 #E8988A #DAE88A

monochromatic

#2963CF #5786DE #8AABE8 #BDD0F2 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8AABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#8AABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABE8

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABE8	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.096 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3ef',
    500: '#8aabe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabe8;
$custom-light: #afc3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.936,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7401,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABE8

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8E16CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABE8

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

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