#8AAEEC#8AAEEC

#8AAEEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.098 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEEC
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(218, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 3.39, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 35.04, 275.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0154 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.098 261)
XYZ	xyz(40.7528, 41.7292, 85.2478)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEEC #ECC88A

analogous

#8ADFEC #8AAEEC #978AEC

triadic

#8AAEEC #EC8AAE #AEEC8A

tetradic

#8AAEEC #EC8ADF #ECC88A #8AEC97

square

#8AAEEC #EC8ADF #ECC88A #8AEC97

split-complementary

#8AAEEC #EC978A #DFEC8A

monochromatic

#2366D8 #558AE3 #8AAEEC #BFD2F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8AAEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#8AAEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEEC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEEC	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.098 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6f2',
    500: '#8aaeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaeec;
$custom-light: #b0c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74816,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.41732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEEC

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8D11D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEEC

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

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