#8AADE1#8AADE1

#8AADE1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.085 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE1
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 225)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 0.97, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 29.97, 271.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0175 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.085 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0111, 40.7246, 77.0246)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE1 #E1BE8A

analogous

#8AD8E1 #8AADE1 #928AE1

triadic

#8AADE1 #E18AAD #ADE18A

tetradic

#8AADE1 #E18AD8 #E1BE8A #8AE192

square

#8AADE1 #E18AD8 #E1BE8A #8AE192

split-complementary

#8AADE1 #E1928A #D8E18A

monochromatic

#316ABF #598BD5 #8AADE1 #BBCFED #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8AADE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#8AADE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE1

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE1	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.085 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5ea',
    500: '#8aade1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade1;
$custom-light: #afc5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.862,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74124,
    "c": 0.08496,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE1

secondary

#EFE6D8

accent

#831FC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE1

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

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