#8BA5CC#8BA5CC

#8BA5CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.064 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BA5CC
RGB	rgb(139, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(216, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(216, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 0.21, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 22.83, 270.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.013 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.064 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9985, 36.7574, 62.3659)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BA5CC #CCB28B

analogous

#8BC6CC #8BA5CC #928BCC

triadic

#8BA5CC #CC8BA5 #A5CC8B

tetradic

#8BA5CC #CC8BC6 #CCB28B #8BCC92

square

#8BA5CC #CC8BC6 #CCB28B #8BCC92

split-complementary

#8BA5CC #CC928B #C6CC8B

monochromatic

#436699 #6084B9 #8BA5CC #B6C6DF #E0E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8BA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#8BA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BA5CC

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BA5CC	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ba5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.064 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfdb',
    500: '#8ba5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ba5cc;
$custom-light: #aebfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ba5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 38.922,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71618,
    "c": 0.06419,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BA5CC

secondary

#E4DBCF

accent

#7F34B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BA5CC

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

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