#8AADE3#8AADE3

#8AADE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.088 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE3
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 227)
HSL	hsl(216, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 23.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 1.50, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 30.97, 272.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0169 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.088 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2856, 40.8344, 78.4699)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE3 #E3C08A

analogous

#8ADAE3 #8AADE3 #948AE3

triadic

#8AADE3 #E38AAD #ADE38A

tetradic

#8AADE3 #E38ADA #E3C08A #8AE394

square

#8AADE3 #E38ADA #E3C08A #8AE394

split-complementary

#8AADE3 #E3948A #DAE38A

monochromatic

#2F69C4 #598AD7 #8AADE3 #BBD0EF #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8AADE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#8AADE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE3	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.088 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5ec',
    500: '#8aade3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade3;
$custom-light: #afc5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.404,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7421,
    "c": 0.08756,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE3

secondary

#F0E7D9

accent

#851CC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE3

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

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