#8AACDC#8AACDC

#8AACDC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.079 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACDC
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 220)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 0.19, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 27.93, 270.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0178 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.079 257)
XYZ	xyz(38.1480, 40.0737, 73.4212)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACDC #DCBA8A

analogous

#8AD5DC #8AACDC #918ADC

triadic

#8AACDC #DC8AAC #ACDC8A

tetradic

#8AACDC #DC8AD5 #DCBA8A #8ADC91

square

#8AACDC #DC8AD5 #DCBA8A #8ADC91

split-complementary

#8AACDC #DC918A #D5DC8A

monochromatic

#366BB5 #5B8BCE #8AACDC #B9CDEA #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8AACDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#8AACDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACDC

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACDC	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.079 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec4e7',
    500: '#8aacdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacdc;
$custom-light: #aec4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.737,
    "c": 0.07938,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.40076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACDC

secondary

#ECE3D6

accent

#8024C1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACDC

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

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