#8AACEA#8AACEA

#8AACEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACEA
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 234)
HSL	hsl(219, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 3.96, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 34.97, 276.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0135 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.098 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0803, 40.8467, 83.5982)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACEA #EAC88A

analogous

#8ADCEA #8AACEA #988AEA

triadic

#8AACEA #EA8AAC #ACEA8A

tetradic

#8AACEA #EA8ADC #EAC88A #8AEA98

square

#8AACEA #EA8ADC #EAC88A #8AEA98

split-complementary

#8AACEA #EA988A #DCEA8A

monochromatic

#2663D4 #5687E1 #8AACEA #BED1F3 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8AACEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#8AACEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACEA

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACEA	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc4f1',
    500: '#8aacea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacea;
$custom-light: #afc4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.75,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74308,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACEA

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8E14D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACEA

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

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