#8AACEE#8AACEE

#8AACEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.103 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACEE
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(220, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 5.06, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 37.02, 277.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0123 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.103 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6615, 41.0791, 86.6589)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACEE #EECC8A

analogous

#8ADEEE #8AACEE #9A8AEE

triadic

#8AACEE #EE8AAC #ACEE8A

tetradic

#8AACEE #EE8ADE #EECC8A #8AEE9A

square

#8AACEE #EE8ADE #EECC8A #8AEE9A

split-complementary

#8AACEE #EE9A8A #DEEE8A

monochromatic

#2061DD #5586E6 #8AACEE #BFD2F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8AACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#8AACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACEE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACEE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.103 263.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.6,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74489,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACEE

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#930FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACEE

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

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