#8BAAED#8BAAED

#8BAAED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 264.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAAED
RGB	rgb(139, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(221, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(221, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 6.16, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 37.43, 279.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0092 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.103 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3035, 40.3507, 85.7691)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAAED #EDCE8B

analogous

#8BDBED #8BAAED #9D8BED

triadic

#8BAAED #ED8BAA #AAED8B

tetradic

#8BAAED #ED8BDB #EDCE8B #8BED9D

square

#8BAAED #ED8BDB #EDCE8B #8BED9D

split-complementary

#8BAAED #ED9D8B #DBED8B

monochromatic

#225DDC #5683E5 #8BAAED #C0D1F5 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8BAAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#8BAAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAAED

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAAED	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69B8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8baaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3f3',
    500: '#8baaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8baaed;
$custom-light: #b0c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8baaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.02,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74092,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAAED

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#9710D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAAED

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

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