#8AB4E2#8AB4E2

#8AB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.081 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB4E2
RGB	rgb(138, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -2.62, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 27.66, 264.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.026 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.081 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5255, 43.5345, 78.2044)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB4E2 #E2B88A

analogous

#8AE0E2 #8AB4E2 #8C8AE2

triadic

#8AB4E2 #E28AB4 #B4E28A

tetradic

#8AB4E2 #E28AE0 #E2B88A #8AE28C

square

#8AB4E2 #E28AE0 #E2B88A #8AE28C

split-complementary

#8AB4E2 #E28C8A #E0E28A

monochromatic

#3075C2 #5995D6 #8AB4E2 #BBD3EE #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8AB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#8AB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB4E2

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB4E2	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.081 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcaeb',
    500: '#8ab4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab4e2;
$custom-light: #afcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.364,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75654,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB4E2

secondary

#EFE4D8

accent

#771EC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB4E2

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

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