#8AADEF#8AADEF

#8AADEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.103 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8AADEF
RGBrgb(138, 173, 239)
HSLhsl(219, 76%, 74%)
HSVhsv(219, 42%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(42.3%, 27.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.54, 4.78, -36.74)
CIE-LCHlch(70.54, 37.05, 277.41°)
OKLaboklab(74.74% -0.0133 -0.1025)
OKLCHoklch(74.74% 0.103 262.6)
XYZxyz(40.9998, 41.5201, 87.4984)
Luminance0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8AADEF #EFCC8A
analogous
#8AE0EF #8AADEF #9A8AEF
triadic
#8AADEF #EF8AAD #ADEF8A
tetradic
#8AADEF #EF8AE0 #EFCC8A #8AEF9A
square
#8AADEF #EF8AE0 #EFCC8A #8AEF9A
split-complementary
#8AADEF #EF9A8A #E0EF8A
monochromatic
#1F62E0 #5487E8 #8AADEF #C0D3F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#8AADEF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30
#8AADEF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADEF
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8AADEF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8AADEF1.002.269.309.30
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3021.001.001.00
##0000009.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95B2F2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA8EE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#66BBC4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8aadef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.103 262.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c5f4',
    500: '#8aadef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8aadef;
$custom-light: #b0c5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8aadef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.208,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74743,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8AADEF
secondary
#F3EAD8
accent
#920DD8
background
#FBFCFE
surface
#F6F8FD
border
#D0D1D5
text
#111217
muted
#808185

Preview Lab

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#8AADEF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva