#8AADEE#8AADEE

#8AADEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 262.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADEE
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 238)
HSL	hsl(219, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 4.50, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 36.53, 277.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0136 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.102 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8525, 41.4612, 86.7225)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADEE #EECB8A

analogous

#8ADFEE #8AADEE #998AEE

triadic

#8AADEE #EE8AAD #ADEE8A

tetradic

#8AADEE #EE8ADF #EECB8A #8AEE99

square

#8AADEE #EE8ADF #EECB8A #8AEE99

split-complementary

#8AADEE #EE998A #DFEE8A

monochromatic

#2062DD #5588E6 #8AADEE #BFD2F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8AADEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#8AADEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADEE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADEE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c5f3',
    500: '#8aadee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadee;
$custom-light: #b0c5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74697,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADEE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#910FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADEE

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

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