#8AADEB#8AADEB

#8AADEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADEB
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 3.68, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 35.00, 276.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0144 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.098 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4154, 41.2864, 84.4206)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADEB #EBC88A

analogous

#8ADDEB #8AADEB #978AEB

triadic

#8AADEB #EB8AAD #ADEB8A

tetradic

#8AADEB #EB8ADD #EBC88A #8AEB97

square

#8AADEB #EB8ADD #EBC88A #8AEB97

split-complementary

#8AADEB #EB978A #DDEB8A

monochromatic

#2565D6 #5688E2 #8AADEB #BED2F4 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8AADEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#8AADEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADEB

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADEB	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c5f1',
    500: '#8aadeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadeb;
$custom-light: #b0c5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.351,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74562,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADEB

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8D13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADEB

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

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