#8AAFE9#8AAFE9

#8AAFE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.094 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFE9
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 233)
HSL	hsl(217, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 2.02, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 33.08, 273.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0175 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.094 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5145, 41.9442, 83.0362)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFE9 #E9C48A

analogous

#8ADEE9 #8AAFE9 #958AE9

triadic

#8AAFE9 #E98AAF #AFE98A

tetradic

#8AAFE9 #E98ADE #E9C48A #8AE995

square

#8AAFE9 #E98ADE #E9C48A #8AE995

split-complementary

#8AAFE9 #E9958A #DEE98A

monochromatic

#276AD1 #568CDF #8AAFE9 #BED2F3 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8AAFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#8AAFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFE9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFE9	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.094 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6f0',
    500: '#8aafe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafe9;
$custom-light: #afc6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.632,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74892,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFE9

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8715D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFE9

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

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