#8AACE8#8AACE8

#8AACE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.095 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACE8
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 232)
HSL	hsl(218, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 3.41, -33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 33.95, 275.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0141 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.095 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7946, 40.7324, 82.0936)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACE8 #E8C68A

analogous

#8ADBE8 #8AACE8 #978AE8

triadic

#8AACE8 #E88AAC #ACE88A

tetradic

#8AACE8 #E88ADB #E8C68A #8AE897

square

#8AACE8 #E88ADB #E8C68A #8AE897

split-complementary

#8AACE8 #E8978A #DBE88A

monochromatic

#2965CF #5788DE #8AACE8 #BDD0F2 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8AACE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#8AACE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACE8

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACE8	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aace8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.095 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc4ef',
    500: '#8aace8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aace8;
$custom-light: #afc4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aace8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.298,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74219,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACE8

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8C16CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACE8

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

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