#8AACE7#8AACE7

#8AACE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.094 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACE7
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 231)
HSL	hsl(218, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 3.14, -33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 33.44, 275.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0144 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.094 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6530, 40.6757, 81.3476)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACE7 #E7C58A

analogous

#8ADAE7 #8AACE7 #978AE7

triadic

#8AACE7 #E78AAC #ACE78A

tetradic

#8AACE7 #E78ADA #E7C58A #8AE797

square

#8AACE7 #E78ADA #E7C58A #8AE797

split-complementary

#8AACE7 #E7978A #DAE78A

monochromatic

#2A65CD #5788DD #8AACE7 #BDD0F1 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8AACE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#8AACE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACE7

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACE7	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aace7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.094 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc4ee',
    500: '#8aace7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aace7;
$custom-light: #afc4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aace7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.065,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACE7

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8B18CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACE7

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

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