#8BA7E7#8BA7E7

#8BA7E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.099 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BA7E7
RGB	rgb(139, 167, 231)
HSL	hsl(222, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(222, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 27.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 6.21, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 35.80, 279.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0071 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.099 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8855, 38.8940, 81.0442)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BA7E7 #E7CB8B

analogous

#8BD5E7 #8BA7E7 #9D8BE7

triadic

#8BA7E7 #E78BA7 #A7E78B

tetradic

#8BA7E7 #E78BD5 #E7CB8B #8BE79D

square

#8BA7E7 #E78BD5 #E7CB8B #8BE79D

split-complementary

#8BA7E7 #E79D8B #D5E78B

monochromatic

#2A5CCD #5881DD #8BA7E7 #BECDF1 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8BA7E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8BA7E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BA7E7

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BA7E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BA7E7	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ba7e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 167, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.099 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c0ef',
    500: '#8ba7e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ba7e7;
$custom-light: #b0c0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ba7e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73197,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BA7E7

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9618CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BA7E7

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

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