#8AAEF9#8AAEF9

#8AAEF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEF9
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(221, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 7.01, -41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 41.69, 279.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0117 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.116 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7107, 42.5124, 95.5593)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEF9 #F9D58A

analogous

#8AE5F9 #8AAEF9 #9D8AF9

triadic

#8AAEF9 #F98AAE #AEF98A

tetradic

#8AAEF9 #F98AE5 #F9D58A #8AF99D

square

#8AAEF9 #F98AE5 #F9D58A #8AF99D

split-complementary

#8AAEF9 #F99D8A #E5F98A

monochromatic

#165DF3 #5086F6 #8AAEF9 #C4D6FC #E2EBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8AAEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#8AAEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEF9

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEF9	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B4FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87AAF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c5fb',
    500: '#8aaef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaef9;
$custom-light: #b1c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEF9

secondary

#F6EBD5

accent

#9B00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEF9

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

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