#8AABEF#8AABEF

#8AABEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.105 H 264.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABEF
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 239)
HSL	hsl(220, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 5.90, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 38.02, 278.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0108 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.106 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6192, 40.7588, 87.3715)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABEF #EFCE8A

analogous

#8ADEEF #8AABEF #9C8AEF

triadic

#8AABEF #EF8AAB #ABEF8A

tetradic

#8AABEF #EF8ADE #EFCE8A #8AEF9C

square

#8AABEF #EF8ADE #EFCE8A #8AEF9C

split-complementary

#8AABEF #EF9C8A #DEEF8A

monochromatic

#1F5EE0 #5484E8 #8AABEF #C0D2F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8AABEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#8AABEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABEF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABEF	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.105 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3f4',
    500: '#8aabef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabef;
$custom-light: #b0c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.396,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74328,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABEF

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#960DD8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABEF

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

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