#8AB8EA#8AB8EA

#8AB8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.087 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB8EA
RGB	rgb(138, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(211, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -2.66, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 29.87, 264.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0283 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.087 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4682, 45.6223, 84.3942)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB8EA #EABC8A

analogous

#8AE8EA #8AB8EA #8C8AEA

triadic

#8AB8EA #EA8AB8 #B8EA8A

tetradic

#8AB8EA #EA8AE8 #EABC8A #8AEA8C

square

#8AB8EA #EA8AE8 #EABC8A #8AEA8C

split-complementary

#8AB8EA #EA8C8A #E8EA8A

monochromatic

#2679D4 #5699E1 #8AB8EA #BED7F3 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8AB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#8AB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB8EA

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB8EA	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.087 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdf1',
    500: '#8ab8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab8ea;
$custom-light: #b0cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7684,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB8EA

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7714D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB8EA

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

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