#8AAFEE#8AAFEE

#8AAFEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.100 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAFEE
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 3.39, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 35.59, 275.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.016 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.1 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2389, 42.2339, 86.8513)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAFEE #EEC98A

analogous

#8AE1EE #8AAFEE #978AEE

triadic

#8AAFEE #EE8AAF #AFEE8A

tetradic

#8AAFEE #EE8AE1 #EEC98A #8AEE97

square

#8AAFEE #EE8AE1 #EEC98A #8AEE97

split-complementary

#8AAFEE #EE978A #E1EE8A

monochromatic

#2066DD #558AE6 #8AAFEE #BFD4F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8AAFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#8AAFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAFEE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAFEE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aafee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.100 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6f3',
    500: '#8aafee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aafee;
$custom-light: #b0c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aafee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.10008,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAFEE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8D0FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAFEE

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

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