#8AADE2#8AADE2

#8AADE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.086 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE2
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 1.23, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 30.47, 272.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0172 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.086 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1480, 40.7794, 77.7452)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE2 #E2BF8A

analogous

#8AD9E2 #8AADE2 #938AE2

triadic

#8AADE2 #E28AAD #ADE28A

tetradic

#8AADE2 #E28AD9 #E2BF8A #8AE293

square

#8AADE2 #E28AD9 #E2BF8A #8AE293

split-complementary

#8AADE2 #E2938A #D9E28A

monochromatic

#306AC2 #598BD6 #8AADE2 #BBCFEE #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8AADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#8AADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE2	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.086 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5eb',
    500: '#8aade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade2;
$custom-light: #afc5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.136,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74167,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE2

secondary

#EFE6D8

accent

#841EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE2

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

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