#8AAEEB#8AAEEB

#8AAEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.097 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEEB
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 3.12, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 34.54, 275.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0157 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.097 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6079, 41.6713, 84.4848)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEEB #EBC78A

analogous

#8ADEEB #8AAEEB #968AEB

triadic

#8AAEEB #EB8AAE #AEEB8A

tetradic

#8AAEEB #EB8ADE #EBC78A #8AEB96

square

#8AAEEB #EB8ADE #EBC78A #8AEB96

split-complementary

#8AAEEB #EB968A #DEEB8A

monochromatic

#2566D6 #568AE2 #8AAEEB #BED2F4 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8AAEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#8AAEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEEB

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEEB	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaeeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.097 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6f1',
    500: '#8aaeeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaeeb;
$custom-light: #b0c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaeeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.732,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74771,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEEB

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8C13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEEB

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

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