#8AABEC#8AABEC

#8AABEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 263.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABEC
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 236)
HSL	hsl(220, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 27.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 5.07, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 36.48, 277.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0117 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.101 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1797, 40.5830, 85.0568)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABEC #ECCB8A

analogous

#8ADCEC #8AABEC #9A8AEC

triadic

#8AABEC #EC8AAB #ABEC8A

tetradic

#8AABEC #EC8ADC #ECCB8A #8AEC9A

square

#8AABEC #EC8ADC #ECCB8A #8AEC9A

split-complementary

#8AABEC #EC9A8A #DCEC8A

monochromatic

#2360D8 #5585E3 #8AABEC #BFD1F5 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8AABEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#8AABEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABEC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABEC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3f2',
    500: '#8aabec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabec;
$custom-light: #b0c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.796,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7419,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABEC

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9311D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABEC

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

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