#8AADEA#8AADEA

#8AADEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.097 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADEA
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 26.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 3.40, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 34.50, 275.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0147 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.097 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2714, 41.2287, 83.6619)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADEA #EAC78A

analogous

#8ADDEA #8AADEA #978AEA

triadic

#8AADEA #EA8AAD #ADEA8A

tetradic

#8AADEA #EA8ADD #EAC78A #8AEA97

square

#8AADEA #EA8ADD #EAC78A #8AEA97

split-complementary

#8AADEA #EA978A #DDEA8A

monochromatic

#2665D4 #5689E1 #8AADEA #BED1F3 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8AADEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#8AADEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADEA

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADEA	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.097 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5f1',
    500: '#8aadea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadea;
$custom-light: #afc5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.125,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADEA

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8C14D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADEA

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

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