#8AAEEF#8AAEEF

#8AAEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.102 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEEF
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(219, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 4.22, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 36.57, 276.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0145 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.102 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1923, 41.9050, 87.5626)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEEF #EFCB8A

analogous

#8AE1EF #8AAEEF #998AEF

triadic

#8AAEEF #EF8AAE #AEEF8A

tetradic

#8AAEEF #EF8AE1 #EFCB8A #8AEF99

square

#8AAEEF #EF8AE1 #EFCB8A #8AEF99

split-complementary

#8AAEEF #EF998A #E1EF8A

monochromatic

#1F64E0 #5489E8 #8AAEEF #C0D3F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8AAEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#8AAEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEEF

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEEF	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.102 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6f4',
    500: '#8aaeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaeef;
$custom-light: #b0c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.614,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEEF

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#900DD8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEEF

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

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