#8AACEC#8AACEC

#8AACEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACEC
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 236)
HSL	hsl(219, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 4.51, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 35.99, 277.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0129 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.1 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3693, 40.9622, 85.1200)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACEC #ECCA8A

analogous

#8ADDEC #8AACEC #998AEC

triadic

#8AACEC #EC8AAC #ACEC8A

tetradic

#8AACEC #EC8ADD #ECCA8A #8AEC99

square

#8AACEC #EC8ADD #ECCA8A #8AEC99

split-complementary

#8AACEC #EC998A #DDEC8A

monochromatic

#2362D8 #5587E3 #8AACEC #BFD1F5 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8AACEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#8AACEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACEC

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACEC	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c4f2',
    500: '#8aacec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacec;
$custom-light: #b0c4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.184,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACEC

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#9111D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACEC

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

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