#8BA7E8#8BA7E8

#8BA7E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 266.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BA7E8
RGB	rgb(139, 167, 232)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(222, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 28%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 6.48, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 36.33, 280.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0068 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.1 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0272, 38.9506, 81.7901)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BA7E8 #E8CC8B

analogous

#8BD6E8 #8BA7E8 #9D8BE8

triadic

#8BA7E8 #E88BA7 #A7E88B

tetradic

#8BA7E8 #E88BD6 #E8CC8B #8BE89D

square

#8BA7E8 #E88BD6 #E8CC8B #8BE89D

split-complementary

#8BA7E8 #E89D8B #D6E88B

monochromatic

#295BCF #5880DE #8BA7E8 #BECEF2 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8BA7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#8BA7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BA7E8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BA7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BA7E8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ba7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 167, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c0ef',
    500: '#8ba7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ba7e8;
$custom-light: #b0c0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ba7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.935,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BA7E8

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9717CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BA7E8

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

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