#8AAFEC#8AAFEC

#8AAFEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.097 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFEC
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, 2.84, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 34.58, 274.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0166 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.097 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9467, 42.1171, 85.3124)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFEC #ECC78A

analogous

#8AE0EC #8AAFEC #968AEC

triadic

#8AAFEC #EC8AAF #AFEC8A

tetradic

#8AAFEC #EC8AE0 #ECC78A #8AEC96

square

#8AAFEC #EC8AE0 #ECC78A #8AEC96

split-complementary

#8AAFEC #EC968A #E0EC8A

monochromatic

#2368D8 #558BE3 #8AAFEC #BFD3F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8AAFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#8AAFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFEC

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFEC	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.097 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6f2',
    500: '#8aafec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafec;
$custom-light: #b0c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.347,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75025,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFEC

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8B11D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFEC

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

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