Carolina Blue#8AB8FE

#8AB8FE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.112 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Carolina Blue — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#8AB8FE
RGB	rgb(138, 184, 254)
HSL	hsl(216, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 2.85, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 39.44, 274.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0222 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.112 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5052, 46.8371, 100.3893)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB8FE #FED08A

analogous

#8AF2FE #8AB8FE #968AFE

triadic

#8AB8FE #FE8AB8 #B8FE8A

tetradic

#8AB8FE #FE8AF2 #FED08A #8AFE96

square

#8AB8FE #FE8AF2 #FED08A #8AFE96

split-complementary

#8AB8FE #FE968A #F2FE8A

monochromatic

#116EFD #4D93FD #8AB8FE #C7DDFF #E1EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8AB8FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#8AB8FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB8FE

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB8FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB8FE	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90B1FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab8fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 184, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.112 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cdff',
    500: '#8ab8fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab8fe;
$custom-light: #b1cdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab8fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.207,
    "s": 98.305,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77716,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB8FE

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8A00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111318

muted

#808286

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB8FE

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

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