#8AABEB#8AABEB

#8AABEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABEB
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 235)
HSL	hsl(220, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 4.79, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 35.96, 277.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0119 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.1 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0348, 40.5251, 84.2938)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABEB #EBCA8A

analogous

#8ADBEB #8AABEB #998AEB

triadic

#8AABEB #EB8AAB #ABEB8A

tetradic

#8AABEB #EB8ADB #EBCA8A #8AEB99

square

#8AABEB #EB8ADB #EBCA8A #8AEB99

split-complementary

#8AABEB #EB998A #DBEB8A

monochromatic

#2561D6 #5685E2 #8AABEB #BED1F4 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8AABEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#8AABEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABEB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABEB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3f1',
    500: '#8aabeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabeb;
$custom-light: #b0c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.588,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74145,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABEB

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9113D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABEB

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

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