#8AADE9#8AADE9

#8AADE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.095 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADE9
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(218, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 3.13, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 33.99, 275.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.015 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.095 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1281, 41.1714, 82.9074)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADE9 #E9C68A

analogous

#8ADCE9 #8AADE9 #978AE9

triadic

#8AADE9 #E98AAD #ADE98A

tetradic

#8AADE9 #E98ADC #E9C68A #8AE997

square

#8AADE9 #E98ADC #E9C68A #8AE997

split-complementary

#8AADE9 #E9978A #DCE98A

monochromatic

#2766D1 #5689DF #8AADE9 #BED1F3 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8AADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#8AADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADE9

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADE9	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.095 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5f0',
    500: '#8aade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aade9;
$custom-light: #afc5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74473,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADE9

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8B15D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADE9

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

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