#8AADE0#8AADE0

#8AADE0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.084 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE0
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 224)
HSL	hsl(216, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 0.70, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 29.48, 271.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0178 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.084 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8751, 40.6702, 76.3083)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE0 #E0BD8A

analogous

#8AD8E0 #8AADE0 #928AE0

triadic

#8AADE0 #E08AAD #ADE08A

tetradic

#8AADE0 #E08AD8 #E0BD8A #8AE092

square

#8AADE0 #E08AD8 #E0BD8A #8AE092

split-complementary

#8AADE0 #E0928A #D8E08A

monochromatic

#326BBD #5A8BD3 #8AADE0 #BACFED #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8AADE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#8AADE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE0

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE0	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.084 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5e9',
    500: '#8aade0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade0;
$custom-light: #afc5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.581,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74081,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE0

secondary

#EEE5D7

accent

#8220C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE0

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

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