#8AAFE6#8AAFE6

#8AAFE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.090 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFE6
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 1.20, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 31.58, 272.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0184 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.09 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0896, 41.7742, 80.7984)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFE6 #E6C18A

analogous

#8ADDE6 #8AAFE6 #938AE6

triadic

#8AAFE6 #E68AAF #AFE68A

tetradic

#8AAFE6 #E68ADD #E6C18A #8AE693

square

#8AAFE6 #E68ADD #E6C18A #8AE693

split-complementary

#8AAFE6 #E6938A #DDE68A

monochromatic

#2B6BCA #588DDB #8AAFE6 #BCD1F1 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8AAFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#8AAFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFE6

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFE6	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)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ABBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.090 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6ee',
    500: '#8aafe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafe6;
$custom-light: #afc6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.87,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74762,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFE6

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8419CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFE6

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

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