#8AACEF#8AACEF

#8AACEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 263.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACEF
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 239)
HSL	hsl(220, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 28%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 5.34, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 37.53, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.012 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.104 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8088, 41.1380, 87.4347)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACEF #EFCD8A

analogous

#8ADFEF #8AACEF #9B8AEF

triadic

#8AACEF #EF8AAC #ACEF8A

tetradic

#8AACEF #EF8ADF #EFCD8A #8AEF9B

square

#8AACEF #EF8ADF #EFCD8A #8AEF9B

split-complementary

#8AACEF #EF9B8A #DFEF8A

monochromatic

#1F60E0 #5486E8 #8AACEF #C0D2F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8AACEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#8AACEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACEF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACEF	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c4f4',
    500: '#8aacef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacef;
$custom-light: #b0c4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.802,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74535,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACEF

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#940DD8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACEF

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

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