#8AADE5#8AADE5

#8AADE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.090 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE5
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 229)
HSL	hsl(217, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 2.04, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 31.97, 273.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0162 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.09 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5632, 40.9455, 79.9321)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE5 #E5C28A

analogous

#8ADBE5 #8AADE5 #958AE5

triadic

#8AADE5 #E58AAD #ADE58A

tetradic

#8AADE5 #E58ADB #E5C28A #8AE595

square

#8AADE5 #E58ADB #E5C28A #8AE595

split-complementary

#8AADE5 #E5958A #DBE58A

monochromatic

#2C68C8 #588ADA #8AADE5 #BCD0F0 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8AADE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#8AADE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE5	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.090 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5ed',
    500: '#8aade5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade5;
$custom-light: #afc5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74297,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE5

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#871ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE5

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

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