#8AABE9#8AABE9

#8AABE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABE9
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(219, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 4.25, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 34.93, 276.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0125 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.097 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7475, 40.4102, 82.7806)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABE9 #E9C88A

analogous

#8ADAE9 #8AABE9 #988AE9

triadic

#8AABE9 #E98AAB #ABE98A

tetradic

#8AABE9 #E98ADA #E9C88A #8AE998

square

#8AABE9 #E98ADA #E9C88A #8AE998

split-complementary

#8AABE9 #E9988A #DAE98A

monochromatic

#2762D1 #5686DF #8AABE9 #BED0F3 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8AABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#8AABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABE9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABE9	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3f0',
    500: '#8aabe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabe9;
$custom-light: #afc3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.158,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABE9

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8F15D0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABE9

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

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