#8AACED#8AACED

#8AACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.102 H 262.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACED
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 4.79, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 36.50, 277.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0126 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.102 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5150, 41.0205, 85.8873)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACED #EDCB8A

analogous

#8ADDED #8AACED #998AED

triadic

#8AACED #ED8AAC #ACED8A

tetradic

#8AACED #ED8ADD #EDCB8A #8AED99

square

#8AACED #ED8ADD #EDCB8A #8AED99

split-complementary

#8AACED #ED998A #DDED8A

monochromatic

#2261DB #5586E5 #8AACED #BFD2F5 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8AACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#8AACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACED

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACED	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.102 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c4f3',
    500: '#8aaced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaced;
$custom-light: #b0c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.394,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74444,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACED

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#9210D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACED

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

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