#8BAADE#8BAADE

#8BAADE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.083 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAADE
RGB	rgb(139, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 2.10, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 29.72, 274.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0136 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.083 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2029, 39.5105, 74.7064)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAADE #DEBF8B

analogous

#8BD4DE #8BAADE #958BDE

triadic

#8BAADE #DE8BAA #AADE8B

tetradic

#8BAADE #DE8BD4 #DEBF8B #8BDE95

square

#8BAADE #DE8BD4 #DEBF8B #8BDE95

split-complementary

#8BAADE #DE958B #D4DE8B

monochromatic

#3566BA #5B87D0 #8BAADE #BBCDEC #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8BAADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8BAADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAADE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAADE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.083 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3e8',
    500: '#8baade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baade;
$custom-light: #afc3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.59,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73426,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAADE

secondary

#EEE5D7

accent

#8722C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAADE

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

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