#8AAFE5#8AAFE5

#8AAFE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.088 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFE5
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 0.93, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 31.09, 271.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0187 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.088 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9496, 41.7182, 80.0609)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFE5 #E5C08A

analogous

#8ADDE5 #8AAFE5 #938AE5

triadic

#8AAFE5 #E58AAF #AFE58A

tetradic

#8AAFE5 #E58ADD #E5C08A #8AE593

square

#8AAFE5 #E58ADD #E5C08A #8AE593

split-complementary

#8AAFE5 #E5938A #DDE58A

monochromatic

#2C6CC8 #588DDA #8AAFE5 #BCD1F0 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8AAFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#8AAFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFE5

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFE5	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.088 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6ed',
    500: '#8aafe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafe5;
$custom-light: #afc6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.604,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74718,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFE5

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#831ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFE5

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

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