#8FAAE9#8FAAE9

#8FAAE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FAAE9
RGB	rgb(143, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 6.12, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 35.12, 280.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0063 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.097 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4059, 40.4703, 82.7575)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8FAAE9 #E9CE8F

analogous

#8FD7E9 #8FAAE9 #A18FE9

triadic

#8FAAE9 #E98FAA #AAE98F

tetradic

#8FAAE9 #E98FD7 #E9CE8F #8FE9A1

square

#8FAAE9 #E98FD7 #E9CE8F #8FE9A1

split-complementary

#8FAAE9 #E9A18F #D7E98F

monochromatic

#2A5DD4 #5C83DF #8FAAE9 #C2D1F3 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8FAAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#8FAAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FAAE9

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FAAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FAAE9	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8faae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c3f0',
    500: '#8faae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8faae9;
$custom-light: #b3c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8faae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FAAE9

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9816CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FAAE9

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

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