#8AAEE2#8AAEE2

#8AAEE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.085 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEE2
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 0.68, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 30.04, 271.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0184 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.085 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3404, 41.1643, 77.8093)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEE2 #E2BE8A

analogous

#8ADAE2 #8AAEE2 #928AE2

triadic

#8AAEE2 #E28AAE #AEE28A

tetradic

#8AAEE2 #E28ADA #E2BE8A #8AE292

square

#8AAEE2 #E28ADA #E2BE8A #8AE292

split-complementary

#8AAEE2 #E2928A #DAE28A

monochromatic

#306CC2 #598CD6 #8AAEE2 #BBD0EE #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8AAEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#8AAEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEE2

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEE2	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.085 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6eb',
    500: '#8aaee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaee2;
$custom-light: #afc6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74378,
    "c": 0.08536,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEE2

secondary

#EFE6D8

accent

#821EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEE2

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

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