#8AACE1#8AACE1

#8AACE1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.086 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACE1
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 225)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 1.52, -30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 30.41, 272.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0162 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.086 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8201, 40.3426, 76.9610)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACE1 #E1BF8A

analogous

#8AD7E1 #8AACE1 #938AE1

triadic

#8AACE1 #E18AAC #ACE18A

tetradic

#8AACE1 #E18AD7 #E1BF8A #8AE193

square

#8AACE1 #E18AD7 #E1BF8A #8AE193

split-complementary

#8AACE1 #E1938A #D7E18A

monochromatic

#3169BF #5989D5 #8AACE1 #BBCFED #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8AACE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#8AACE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACE1

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACE1	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aace1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.086 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc4ea',
    500: '#8aace1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aace1;
$custom-light: #afc4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aace1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.552,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73913,
    "c": 0.08587,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACE1

secondary

#EFE6D8

accent

#851FC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACE1

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

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