#8AADE7#8AADE7

#8AADE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.093 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE7
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 231)
HSL	hsl(217, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 2.58, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 32.98, 274.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0156 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.093 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8440, 41.0578, 81.4113)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE7 #E7C48A

analogous

#8ADCE7 #8AADE7 #958AE7

triadic

#8AADE7 #E78AAD #ADE78A

tetradic

#8AADE7 #E78ADC #E7C48A #8AE795

square

#8AADE7 #E78ADC #E7C48A #8AE795

split-complementary

#8AADE7 #E7958A #DCE78A

monochromatic

#2A67CD #5789DD #8AADE7 #BDD1F1 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8AADE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#8AADE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE7

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE7	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.093 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5ee',
    500: '#8aade7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade7;
$custom-light: #afc5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.419,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE7

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8918CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE7

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

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