#8AACE4#8AACE4

#8AACE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.090 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACE4
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(217, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 2.33, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 31.92, 274.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0153 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.09 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2329, 40.5077, 79.1353)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACE4 #E4C28A

analogous

#8AD9E4 #8AACE4 #958AE4

triadic

#8AACE4 #E48AAC #ACE48A

tetradic

#8AACE4 #E48AD9 #E4C28A #8AE495

square

#8AACE4 #E48AD9 #E4C28A #8AE495

split-complementary

#8AACE4 #E4958A #D9E48A

monochromatic

#2E67C6 #5889D9 #8AACE4 #BCCFEF #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8AACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#8AACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACE4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACE4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.090 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc4ec',
    500: '#8aace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aace4;
$custom-light: #afc4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74043,
    "c": 0.08981,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACE4

secondary

#F0E8D9

accent

#881BCA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACE4

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

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