#8AACEB#8AACEB

#8AACEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACEB
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 235)
HSL	hsl(219, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 4.24, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 35.48, 276.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0132 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.099 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2244, 40.9043, 84.3570)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACEB #EBC98A

analogous

#8ADCEB #8AACEB #988AEB

triadic

#8AACEB #EB8AAC #ACEB8A

tetradic

#8AACEB #EB8ADC #EBC98A #8AEB98

square

#8AACEB #EB8ADC #EBC98A #8AEB98

split-complementary

#8AACEB #EB988A #DCEB8A

monochromatic

#2563D6 #5687E2 #8AACEB #BED1F4 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8AACEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#8AACEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACEB

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACEB	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c4f1',
    500: '#8aaceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaceb;
$custom-light: #b0c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.969,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74353,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACEB

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8F13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACEB

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

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