#8AAEF8#8AAEF8

#8AAEF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEF8
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(220, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(220, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 6.73, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 41.18, 279.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.012 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.114 264)
XYZ	xyz(42.5551, 42.4502, 94.7401)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEF8 #F8D48A

analogous

#8AE5F8 #8AAEF8 #9D8AF8

triadic

#8AAEF8 #F88AAE #AEF88A

tetradic

#8AAEF8 #F88AE5 #F8D48A #8AF89D

square

#8AAEF8 #F88AE5 #F8D48A #8AF89D

split-complementary

#8AAEF8 #F89D8A #E5F88A

monochromatic

#175EF1 #5086F5 #8AAEF8 #C4D6FB #E2EBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8AAEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#8AAEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEF8

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEF8	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87AAF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61BEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c5fb',
    500: '#8aaef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaef8;
$custom-light: #b1c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.364,
    "s": 88.71,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75366,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.42453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEF8

secondary

#F5EBD6

accent

#9A00E5

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEF8

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

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