#8AACE2#8AACE2

#8AACE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.087 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACE2
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 1.79, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 30.91, 273.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0159 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.087 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9569, 40.3973, 77.6815)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACE2 #E2C08A

analogous

#8AD8E2 #8AACE2 #948AE2

triadic

#8AACE2 #E28AAC #ACE28A

tetradic

#8AACE2 #E28AD8 #E2C08A #8AE294

square

#8AACE2 #E28AD8 #E2C08A #8AE294

split-complementary

#8AACE2 #E2948A #D8E28A

monochromatic

#3068C2 #5989D6 #8AACE2 #BBCFEE #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8AACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#8AACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACE2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACE2	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.087 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc4eb',
    500: '#8aace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aace2;
$custom-light: #afc4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.818,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.08717,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACE2

secondary

#EFE6D8

accent

#861EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACE2

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

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