#8AADE8#8AADE8

#8AADE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.094 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE8
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(218, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 2.86, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 33.48, 274.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0153 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.094 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9857, 41.1144, 82.1572)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE8 #E8C58A

analogous

#8ADCE8 #8AADE8 #968AE8

triadic

#8AADE8 #E88AAD #ADE88A

tetradic

#8AADE8 #E88ADC #E8C58A #8AE896

square

#8AADE8 #E88ADC #E8C58A #8AE896

split-complementary

#8AADE8 #E8968A #DCE88A

monochromatic

#2967CF #5789DE #8AADE8 #BDD1F2 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8AADE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#8AADE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ABAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.094 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5ef',
    500: '#8aade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade8;
$custom-light: #afc5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.66,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74428,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE8

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8A16CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE8

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

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