#8AACE3#8AACE3

#8AACE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.088 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACE3
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 2.06, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 31.42, 273.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0156 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.089 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0945, 40.4523, 78.4063)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACE3 #E3C18A

analogous

#8AD8E3 #8AACE3 #958AE3

triadic

#8AACE3 #E38AAC #ACE38A

tetradic

#8AACE3 #E38AD8 #E3C18A #8AE395

square

#8AACE3 #E38AD8 #E3C18A #8AE395

split-complementary

#8AACE3 #E3958A #D8E38A

monochromatic

#2F68C4 #5989D7 #8AACE3 #BBCFEF #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8AACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#8AACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACE3

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACE3	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.088 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc4ec',
    500: '#8aace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aace3;
$custom-light: #afc4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.079,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73999,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACE3

secondary

#F0E7D9

accent

#871CC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACE3

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

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