#8AADE4#8AADE4

#8AADE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.089 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE4
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(217, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 1.77, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 31.47, 273.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0165 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.089 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4240, 40.8898, 79.1989)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE4 #E4C18A

analogous

#8ADAE4 #8AADE4 #948AE4

triadic

#8AADE4 #E48AAD #ADE48A

tetradic

#8AADE4 #E48ADA #E4C18A #8AE494

square

#8AADE4 #E48ADA #E4C18A #8AE494

split-complementary

#8AADE4 #E4948A #DAE48A

monochromatic

#2E69C6 #588AD9 #8AADE4 #BCD0EF #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8AADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#8AADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE4

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE4	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.089 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5ec',
    500: '#8aade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade4;
$custom-light: #afc5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE4

secondary

#F0E7D9

accent

#861BCA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE4

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

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