#8AAEED#8AAEED

#8AAEED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEED
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 3.67, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 35.55, 275.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0151 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.1 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8985, 41.7875, 86.0151)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEED #EDC98A

analogous

#8ADFED #8AAEED #978AED

triadic

#8AAEED #ED8AAE #AEED8A

tetradic

#8AAEED #ED8ADF #EDC98A #8AED97

square

#8AAEED #ED8ADF #EDC98A #8AED97

split-complementary

#8AAEED #ED978A #DFED8A

monochromatic

#2265DB #5589E5 #8AAEED #BFD3F5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8AAEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#8AAEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEED

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEED	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6f3',
    500: '#8aaeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaeed;
$custom-light: #b0c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7486,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEED

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8E10D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEED

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

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