#8AABED#8AABED

#8AABED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABED
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 237)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 5.35, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 36.99, 278.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0114 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.103 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3254, 40.6413, 85.8241)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABED #EDCC8A

analogous

#8ADCED #8AABED #9A8AED

triadic

#8AABED #ED8AAB #ABED8A

tetradic

#8AABED #ED8ADC #EDCC8A #8AED9A

square

#8AABED #ED8ADC #EDCC8A #8AED9A

split-complementary

#8AABED #ED9A8A #DCED8A

monochromatic

#225FDB #5585E5 #8AABED #BFD1F5 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8AABED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#8AABED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABED

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABED	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3f3',
    500: '#8aabed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabed;
$custom-light: #b0c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74236,
    "c": 0.1028,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABED

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#9410D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABED

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

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