#8AB2EE#8AB2EE

#8AB2EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.097 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB2EE
RGB	rgb(138, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 1.72, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 34.22, 272.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0197 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.097 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8293, 43.4147, 87.0481)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB2EE #EEC68A

analogous

#8AE4EE #8AB2EE #948AEE

triadic

#8AB2EE #EE8AB2 #B2EE8A

tetradic

#8AB2EE #EE8AE4 #EEC68A #8AEE94

square

#8AB2EE #EE8AE4 #EEC68A #8AEE94

split-complementary

#8AB2EE #EE948A #E4EE8A

monochromatic

#206CDD #558FE6 #8AB2EE #BFD5F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8AB2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#8AB2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB2EE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB2EE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66BFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.097 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8f3',
    500: '#8ab2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab2ee;
$custom-light: #b0c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75743,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB2EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#870FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB2EE

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

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