#8AAEDD#8AAEDD

#8AAEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.079 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEDD
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -0.65, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 27.59, 268.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.02 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.079 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6643, 40.8939, 74.2486)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEDD #DDB98A

analogous

#8AD7DD #8AAEDD #8F8ADD

triadic

#8AAEDD #DD8AAE #AEDD8A

tetradic

#8AAEDD #DD8AD7 #DDB98A #8ADD8F

square

#8AAEDD #DD8AD7 #DDB98A #8ADD8F

split-complementary

#8AAEDD #DD8F8A #D7DD8A

monochromatic

#356EB7 #5B8DCF #8AAEDD #B9CFEB #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8AAEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#8AAEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEDD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEDD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.079 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6e7',
    500: '#8aaedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaedd;
$custom-light: #afc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.976,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74167,
    "c": 0.07897,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEDD

secondary

#EDE3D6

accent

#7D23C2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FC

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEDD

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

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