#8AADE6#8AADE6

#8AADE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.091 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE6
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(217, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 2.31, -32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 32.47, 274.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0159 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.091 260)
XYZ	xyz(39.7032, 41.0015, 80.6696)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE6 #E6C38A

analogous

#8ADBE6 #8AADE6 #958AE6

triadic

#8AADE6 #E68AAD #ADE68A

tetradic

#8AADE6 #E68ADB #E6C38A #8AE695

square

#8AADE6 #E68ADB #E6C38A #8AE695

split-complementary

#8AADE6 #E6958A #DBE68A

monochromatic

#2B68CA #588ADB #8AADE6 #BCD0F1 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8AADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#8AADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE6

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE6	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.091 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5ee',
    500: '#8aade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade6;
$custom-light: #afc5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.174,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7434,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.41004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE6

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8819CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE6

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

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