#8AACE5#8AACE5

#8AACE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.091 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACE5
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(218, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 2.60, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 32.43, 274.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.015 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.091 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3722, 40.5634, 79.8685)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACE5 #E5C38A

analogous

#8ADAE5 #8AACE5 #968AE5

triadic

#8AACE5 #E58AAC #ACE58A

tetradic

#8AACE5 #E58ADA #E5C38A #8AE596

square

#8AACE5 #E58ADA #E5C38A #8AE596

split-complementary

#8AACE5 #E5968A #DAE58A

monochromatic

#2C67C8 #5888DA #8AACE5 #BCD0F0 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8AACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#8AACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACE5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACE5	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.091 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc4ed',
    500: '#8aace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aace5;
$custom-light: #afc4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.582,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74087,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACE5

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#891ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACE5

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

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