#8AB4E4#8AB4E4

#8AB4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.083 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB4E4
RGB	rgb(138, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(212, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -2.09, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 28.58, 265.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0253 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.083 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8016, 43.6450, 79.6581)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB4E4 #E4BA8A

analogous

#8AE1E4 #8AB4E4 #8D8AE4

triadic

#8AB4E4 #E48AB4 #B4E48A

tetradic

#8AB4E4 #E48AE1 #E4BA8A #8AE48D

square

#8AB4E4 #E48AE1 #E4BA8A #8AE48D

split-complementary

#8AB4E4 #E48D8A #E1E48A

monochromatic

#2E75C6 #5894D9 #8AB4E4 #BCD4EF #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8AB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#8AB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB4E4

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB4E4	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ABFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.083 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcaec',
    500: '#8ab4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab4e4;
$custom-light: #afcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75737,
    "c": 0.08297,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB4E4

secondary

#F0E6D9

accent

#791BCA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB4E4

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

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