#8BA8E4#8BA8E4

#8BA8E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.093 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BA8E4
RGB	rgb(139, 168, 228)
HSL	hsl(220, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(220, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 26.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 4.83, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 33.74, 278.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0092 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.093 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6494, 39.0937, 78.8931)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BA8E4 #E4C78B

analogous

#8BD5E4 #8BA8E4 #9B8BE4

triadic

#8BA8E4 #E48BA8 #A8E48B

tetradic

#8BA8E4 #E48BD5 #E4C78B #8BE49B

square

#8BA8E4 #E48BD5 #E4C78B #8BE49B

split-complementary

#8BA8E4 #E49B8B #D5E48B

monochromatic

#2E60C6 #5983D8 #8BA8E4 #BDCDF0 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8BA8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8BA8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BA8E4

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BA8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BA8E4	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ba8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 168, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.093 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c1ec',
    500: '#8ba8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ba8e4;
$custom-light: #b0c1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ba8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.449,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73269,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BA8E4

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#911CCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BA8E4

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

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